KABUL: At least five people were killed and 16 wounded by a suicide car bomb at a busy roundabout near the entrance to Kabul’s international airport on Monday, police said.
“Our initial information shows four people have been martyred in the suicide attack. We are trying to identify the victims,” Kabul CID chief Fraidoon Obaidi told AFP.
He said 10 others were wounded while the Afghan health ministry put that figure at 15.
Obaidi confirmed that the explosion was caused by a suicide car bomb.
“The explosion occurred at the first checkpoint of Kabul airport,” said deputy Kabul police chief Sayed Gul Agha Rouhani.
