KABUL—A Taliban suicide attacker detonated a car bomb in the western part of Kabul on Monday, killing up to 35 people and wounding more than 40, government officials said, in one of the worst attacks in the Afghan capital in recent weeks.
Police cordoned off the area, located near the house of the deputy government Chief Executive Mohammad Mohaqiq in a part of the city where many of the mainly Shi'ite Hazara community live.
Monday’s suicide bombing, which targeted government personnel, continued the unrelenting violence that has killed more than 1,700 civilians in Afghanistan so far this year.
Smoke rises at Zawul Institute of Higher Education after an explosion near the institute in Kabul, Afghanistan July 24, 2017 in this still photograph uploaded on social media. Ahmad Shuja/Social Media/Handout via Reuters
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