The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide attack today at a Kabul restaurant popular with foreigners and Afghan officials, which police said wounded at least five people.
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Italian-run Emergency Hospital in Kabul said 15 people were wounded in the attack, and a 12-year-old boy was killed. “As a result of the explosion one of our citizens was martyred and 13 others were wounded”, said Rahimi. The bombing occurred at a French restaurant, Le Jardin, and is popular among expats.
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No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast.
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A lurid blast hit the embassy area in Kabul on Friday. “Apparently a restaurant has been attacked”. The target of the attack wasn’t instantly clear.
President Ashraf Ghani strongly condemned Friday’s attack.
The attacks have coincided with efforts to revive the stalled peace process with the Taleban that broke down in July.
Kabul deputy police chief Gul Agha Rohani said: “It was a suicide vehicle bomb”. On Monday, a Taliban suicide attack killed one civilian and injured more than 30, 18 of them children studying at a nearby school. The neighborhood is also home to many Afghan officials. On Jan. 11, officials from Afghanistan, Pakistan, China and the United States are scheduled to meet in Islamabad to begin discussing solutions to the conflict.
Afghan forces are now battling to push back Taliban insurgents who seized large swathes of the key opium-rich district of Sangin in the southern province of Helmand.
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Observers say the intensifying insurgency highlights a push by the militants to seize more territory in a bid to wrangle greater concessions during talks.
