4 killed in suicide attack on Afghan security forces

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IANS Kabul
Last Updated : Dec 11 2018 | 1:15 PM IST

At least four people were killed in a suicide attack targeting an Afghan security forces vehicle in a district of Kabul province on Tuesday.

The attack took place in the morning when a suicide bomber detonated himself in Kabul's Paghman district, Interior Ministry spokesperson Najib Danish was cited as saying by TOLO news. He said that the death toll could increase.

No rebel group claimed the attack.

Afghan authorities do not reveal casualty figures among its personnel, but according to the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, forces suffered a record number of casualties between May and October 2018 compared to earlier years.

--IANS

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First Published: Dec 11 2018 | 1:04 PM IST

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