Eleven killed in suicide attack near Afghan capital

Record ID: 102028

  • Title: Eleven killed in suicide attack near Afghan capital
  • Date: 25th May 2016
  • Summary: HUMAN CLOTHES WITH BLOOD AT THE SITE OF ATTACK BLOOD STAINS ON GROUND
  • Embargoed: 9th June 2016 10:08
  • Keywords: Afghanistan blast suicide attack deaths
  • Location: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
  • City: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
  • Country: Afghanistan
  • Topics: Insurgencies
  • Reuters ID: LVA0024JB2WJR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: EDITORS NOTE: PART AUDIO QUALITY AS INCOMING
    A suicide bomber killed at least 11 people and wounded four on Wednesday (May 25) in an attack on a bus carrying staff from an appeal court west of the Afghan capital, Kabul, officials said, and the Taliban claimed responsibility.
    The attack came on the same day the Taliban announced a new leader to succeed Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike at the weekend.
    Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement, the attack on staff from the judicial system was in response to the Afghan government's decision earlier this month to execute six Taliban prisoners on death row. Other attacks would follow, he said.
    The decision by President Ashraf Ghani to execute the prisoners on death row was taken as part of a tougher policy towards the Taliban following a suicide attack by the insurgent movement which killed at least 64 people in Kabul.
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