Suicide bomber kills 40 in Kabul
No responsibility for the attack has been claimed, but the Taliban was quick to deny any involvement
Kabul — About 40 people were killed and dozens more wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a Shiite cultural centre in Kabul on Thursday, in the latest violence to hit the city, officials said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the Taliban was quick to deny involvement in the assault near the Afghan Voice Agency, a media outlet which earlier reports had suggested could have been the target. Deputy interior ministry spokesperson Nasrat Rahimi told AFP the attack was, in fact, aimed at the Shiite Tabayan cultural centre in the west of the city. "The suicide attacker detonated himself during a gathering at Tabayan cultural centre causing a lot of casualties," Rahimi said. The main explosion was followed by two smaller bomb blasts that did not cause casualties, he said, adding that the gathering was being held to mark the 38th anniversary of Soviet invasion in Afghanistan.
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