At least 19 people have been killed and 50 others wounded in Afghanistan in an attack on a military hospital in Kabul
The attacks, confirmed by Taliban officials, have not yet been claimed by any group.
"All the attackers are dead. The attack was initiated by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle who blew himself up at the entrance of the hospital," a Taliban media spokesperson said.Two explosions targeted the hospital area, he had earlier said in a statement. Qari Saeed Khosty, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said Taliban special forces had rushed to the scene to secure the area.
Pictures shared on social media showed black smoke billowing into the air after the explosions, the first of which went off at around 0830 GMT . Roads close to the heavily fortified "Green Zone," where the buildings of several former Western embassies are located were closed off to traffic and Taliban guards scaled up searches. in the weeks since the Taliban seized power in August, following a two-decade insurgency against the US-backed government.تازه - عیني شاهدانو ويلي، چې په سردار محمد داوود خان روغتون کې دننه او شاوخوا سیمه کې له ۴ چاودنو او نښتو تر دې دمه ۱۵ کسان وژل شوي او ۳۴ نور ټپیان دي.
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