Kabul: At least 40 police recruits were killed when a suicide bomber attacked an Afghan police convoy outside capital Kabul today afternoon.
The incident happened when a convoy carrying cadets returning from a graduation ceremony was hit by two suicide bombers.
Mousa Rahmati, the district governor of Paghman, said that trainee police officers were returning from a training center in Wardak province and were heading to the capital on leave.
"There were two explosions that targeted the police cadets vehicles on the outskirts of Kabul city," Sediq Sediqqi, Interior Ministry spokesman, said.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack in an email sent to media.
The Taliban have been waging an insurgency against the government since being ousted from power by a US-led coalition in 2001.
On June 20, 14 Nepali security officials who were heading to work at the Canadian embassy were killed in a massive blast. Eleven others were killed in a string of bombings across Afghanistan on the same day.
The US and NATO combat mission in Afghanistan ended in December 2014. Since the, the US forces have been in an advisory role, while carrying out counter terrorism missions against terror groups including Islamic State.
