Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said a district police chief and five other police officers were among those killed.
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“When the explosion happened, all of our windows broke and for a minute I thought that the house had collapsed on us”, said Toghrul Big, who was wounded by broken windows.
The second of the two explosions struck just as soldiers, policemen and civilians hurried to help the victims of the first blast, which occurred on a bridge near the ministry. Gunfire was heard in Kabul early Tuesday, with security forces searching for attackers hidden in a building a day after twin bombings near the Afg.
Kabul traffic was blocked in several parts of the city and schools in the area were closed, as security officials evacuated civilians from their offices and homes near the explosion site.
At least 24 people were killed and 91 others injured when two deadly bombs exploded near the Afghan Defence Ministry here on Monday, authorities said.
It jolted the capital just hours after high-level officials, including an army general, were killed in the twin blasts near the defence ministry, as the Taliban ramp up their nationwide offensive against the US-backed government.
Eye witnesses say that as emergency services rushed to the scene following the first blast, a suicide bomber was spotted running into the crowd where they reportedly detonated an explosive vest.
A spokeswoman for CARE International said the charity could not immediately confirm if it had been the target of the attack.
No militant group has so far claimed responsibility for the raid on the charity, but it comes as the Taliban ramp up their nationwide offensive against the USA -backed government.
The Taliban have already claimed responsibility for the attack which comes barely two weeks after some students were killed at a university in an attack on Kabul. Afghan security forces are battling both the Taliban and a relatively new battle with the Islamic State (Isis).
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Government officials have been preparing for a conference in Brussels next month at which foreign donors, concerned about the ability of the Afghan security forces to withstand Taliban violence, are expected to pledge continuing support over coming years.
