Bomber ‘kills 12 police recruits’ in Afghanistan

At least 12 people have been killed and dozens wounded by a bomb targeting police recruits in eastern Afghanistan, officials say. The blast happened in the Sorkhrot district of Nangarhar province. The recruits were travelling to the capital Kabul when the bus was hit by a remote-control device in a motorbike, a local official told […]

At least 12 people have been killed and dozens wounded by a bomb targeting police recruits in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.
The blast happened in the Sorkhrot district of Nangarhar province.
The recruits were travelling to the capital Kabul when the bus was hit by a remote-control device in a motorbike, a local official told the BBC.
Other reports suggested a suicide bomber had rammed the bus on the motorbike.
A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said the Islamist group had carried out the attack, according to the Reuters news agency.
Taliban militants have previously targeted officials in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar.
Ahsanullah Shinwari, head of the Jalalabad hospital, told the Associated Press that 12 bodies had been brought to the hospital. He said another 38 people were wounded, most of them in critical condition.
Suicide attacks regularly take place in Jalalabad, as a number of insurgent groups are based in the province.