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KABUL
The death toll of a suicide bombing near the foreign ministry in the Afghan capital this week has risen to 10, the United Nations mission said on Friday.
On Wednesday a bomber blew himself up near the ministry in central Kabul, in an attack claimed by the local chapter of the Daesh group.
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in a statement to AFP that its findings revealed there were at least 10 people killed and another 53 wounded in the attack. “We are continuing to look into the incident,” it said.
Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities, who have often tried to play down attacks challenging their regime, have said five people were killed in the attack.
Italian nongovernmental organisation Emergency, which runs a hospital in Kabul, had said that more than 40 wounded people were brought to its facility after the attack. The Taliban’s return to power in August 2021 brought an end to a two-decade war against US-led forces, leading to a significant reduction in violence, but security has begun to deteriorate in recent months.
