Kabul — At least 23 people were killed and more than 20 wounded on Tuesday in a suicide bomb attack near the offices of the Afghan parliament in Kabul, said Saleem Rasouli, a senior health official. The attack was claimed by the Afghan Taliban, fighting to overthrow the Western-backed government and drive foreign soldiers from the country. Early reports said a suicide bomber blew himself up near the parliament offices, followed immediately by a car bomber in an apparently co-ordinated operation. The attack shattered a relative lull in violence in the capital. "The first explosion happened outside the parliament … a number of innocent workers were killed and wounded. It was caused by a suicide bomber on foot," Zabi, an injured parliament security guard, told AFP. "The second one was a car bomb. It was parked on the other side of the road and flung me back when it detonated," he said. The Taliban are pressing ahead with nationwide attacks despite the onset of winter, when fighting usu...
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