The tweet said Tolo TV was the target.
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“Police are working to identify the victims of today’s attack, but there was no military convoy [in the area], they were all civilians”, Mr Sediqqi said on his Twitter page.
The blast came months after the Taliban militants announced some private TV channels as their targets over what they said releasing of imbalanced reports and siding with the government.
It was not clear if the attack wounded any Afghan public officials or foreign diplomats.
The Islamic Emirate wants to clarify that the attack on Tolo was not an attack on the media but on an intelligence network opposing our national unity and our religious and national values.
Afghanistan sees the support of Pakistan as vital to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table. No one from Tolo TV was immediately available for comment.
“They agreed to focus on the goal of ensuring peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan which was both in the interest of Afghanistan and the region.” the statement said.
US Vice-President Joe Biden, left, poses with Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for the media prior to a meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016.
“If they do not stop their evil activities this will not be the last attack on them”, Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, said in an emailed statement.
The change comes as the Afghan government struggles to beat back an emboldened Taliban, whose sustained attacks have jeopardized not just ordinary Afghans, but also President Obama’s hopes of ending USA military involvement in Afghanistan before he leaves office.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing.
Under its late leader Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda long called the mountainous Asian nation its home, and it continues to have a presence there.
And more and more, ISIS is making its presence felt.
At least 24 others were wounded in the bombing near the Russian embassy in downtown Kabul, which marks the first major attack on an Afghan media organisation.
AIJA strongly condemns this attack and calls on worldwide organisations to join the wider condemnation.
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Formed in the 1990s, the Taliban seeks to enforce Sharia law in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan.
