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Taliban claims Kabul bus blast
10/10/2006 08:37 - (SA)
Kabul - A bomb struck a police bus in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, wounding about 10 policemen and several civilians, police and witnesses said, in the latest in a series of attacks in the city centre.
The bomb was fixed to a bicycle and exploded as the police bus passed during the morning rush hour, Kabul police criminal investigation department chief Alishah Paktiawal told AFP.
"It was a remote-controlled bomb fixed on a bicycle on the roadside which targeted a ministry of interior police bus," he said.
"More than 10 police are wounded. Two to three civilians who were in a taxi behind the bus are also wounded."
A purported spokesperson for the Taliban, Yousuf Ahmadi, told AFP by telephone that the extremist movement had been behind the attack.
"Our mujahedin targeted a police bus with a remote-controlled bomb," he said, claiming 14 police had been killed or wounded. The Taliban frequently exaggerate their casualty claims.
- AFP
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