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At least ten people killed in a suicide blast in Kabul

KABUL: At least ten people have been killed in a suicide attack near the Kabul province of Afghanistan on Wednesday, security sources said.

According to the interior ministry, a suicide bomber blew himself near a vehicle carrying court employees in the Paghman district of Kabul.

“At least 10 people were killed and several others injured in the deadly attack,” ministry spokesman Najib Danish said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

The blast came after the Taliban confirmed former Taliban Chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour’s death in a US drone strike on Saturday. They also announced the appointment of Haibatullah Akhundzada as their new leader.

 

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.