Kabul — A suicide bomber blew himself up on a busy shopping street near the heavily-fortified US embassy in central Kabul on Tuesday, killing four people and injuring several others, officials said. It was the latest in a series of deadly attacks to hit the Afghan capital, and comes about three months after a massive truck bomb ripped through the same area, killing about 150 people. "At around 10am (5.30am GMT) a suicide bomber set off his explosives near a private bank and close to Massoud Square. More details later," Najib Danish, a spokesperson for Afghanistan’s interior ministry, said. He added in a message on Twitter that four people had died in the attack. The blast happened at a time when many officials were expected to be collecting their salaries ahead of this week’s Eid holiday. Kabul Bank, the private bank hit by the blast, usually pays the salaries of security forces personnel and government employees. Images broadcast on Afghan television showed the bank’s mangled exter...
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