Successive blasts shakes Kabul

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Publish Date: 13:55 - 09 May 2018
TEHRAN, May 9 - The Afghan city of Kabul again shook by consecutive blasts and a gunfire which broke out next, police and interior ministry officials reported.

TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) – The blast were three, Police said, one of which occured near a police station in the city's center.

Another was a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of the police station, near foreign embassies and government offices, an interior ministry official explained.

No further details available, still.

Dozens of people have been killed in suicide attacks in Kabul in recent weeks, including twin blasts on April 30 that killed 26 people including nine journalists.

The Afghan capital has seen an increase in bombings and other attacks against the security forces and civilians since the Taliban announced the beginning of their spring offensive on April 25.

aUS-led forces invaded Afghanistan and toppled a ruling Taliban regime some 17 years ago. That ongoing war has failed to bring stability to the country despite the presence of thousands of foreign forces. A recent survey found that Taliban were active in two-thirds of the country and were fully controlling four percent of it.

Source: Reuters

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