Car Bomb Kills 15 Afghan Army Personnel in Kabul

Date: 21 October 2017 - 21:25

News ID: ۴۵۵۰۴

KABUL (Dispatches) – A bomber detonated a car full of explosives on Saturday outside Afghanistan’s top military training center in Kabul, killing at least 15 soldiers, a military spokesman said.
Coming after a particularly deadly week for Afghanistan’s security forces, it was the second major attack in the capital in 24 hours after a bomb attack at a Shia mosque killed more than 50 worshippers on Friday night.
"Army personnel were coming out of Marshal Fahim University when a suicide bomber in a car targeted them. Fifteen soldiers who were there for training were killed and four others were wounded,” Ministry of Defense spokesman Dawlat Wazari said.
The university, on the western outskirts of Kabul, is home to the Afghan military’s officer training school and other training academies.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Taliban insurgents have conducted a wave of attacks this week on Afghan forces who have been struggling since most foreign troops left at the end of 2014.

Rockets Strike Near NATO Base

In another development, two rockets have struck near the headquarters of the NATO military mission in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, with no reports of casualties.
Afghan security officials said the attack took place close to Resolute Support headquarters in Shashdarak area of Kabul at around 6 a.m. local time (01:30 am GMT) on Saturday.
Reports said alarms could be heard at the headquarters of the NATO base as well as several foreign embassies in the area.
The incident is the latest in a string of terror attacks on civilian and military targets, which have left nearly 200 people dead and scores of others injured over the past days.
Afghanistan is still suffering from insecurity and violence years after the United States and its allies invaded the country as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror. The invasion removed a Taliban regime from power, but militancy continues to this day.
Taking advantage of the chaos, the Daesh terror group has also emerged in eastern Afghanistan.