Kabul was hit by a third massive explosive late on Monday after an earlier attack in the Afghan capital killed 24 people.
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A member of the Afghan security personnel stands guard on the roof of a building near to the site of suicide attack In Kabul near Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry, Monday, Sept. 5, 2016.
Sediqqi said that at least 50 people were wounded. The presidential palace as well as several other government agencies are also in the area.
Mohammad Radmanish, a Defense Ministry spokesman, said both blasts were caused by suicide bombings.
Hours earlier, a suicide bomber detonated his device near the Afghan Defense Ministry as crowds gathered to inspect the site after an earlier small blast caused by another device.
The commander of US and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation forces in Afghanistan, General John Nicholson, said last week that more than 900 Afghan soldiers and police personnel were killed in July alone.
President Ashraf Ghani condemned the attack saying it had been carried out by those he called the enemies of Afghanistan who had lost their ability to fight the security and defence forces.
Afghan officials are also preparing for a conference next month in Brussels at which foreign donors are expected to pledge continuing support for the beleaguered country for the next few years amid questions about the Afghan security forces’ ability to defeat the insurgency without continued worldwide assistance. He said the attack took place as ministry employees were leaving their offices for the day.
The Kabul attack came hours after security forces retook control of a key district from the Taliban in the volatile northern province of Kunduz.
The Taliban, who have carried out frequent attacks in the city in the past few months, claimed the responsibility for the blasts on Twitter.
The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the atrocity. More than 90 people were wounded.
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Outside Kabul, the insurgents have stepped up their military campaign, threatening Laskkar Gah, capital of the strategic southern province of Helmand as well as Kunduz, the northern city they briefly took a year ago.
