Taliban claims responsibility for attack on Afghan defense minister’s residence

KABUL: AUGUST 4 – The Taliban outfit has claimed responsibility for the attack on the Afghan defence minister’s residence on Tuesday evening, saying the militants conducted the suicide attack and inflicted casualties.

“A few suicide bombers, after detonating an explosive-laden car, entered the residence of the defence minister of Kabul administration and inflicted huge casualties on enemies,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in his twitter account on Wednesday.

Mujahid also noted that the “Mujahideen” (holy warriors) of the “Islamic Emirate” (name of the ousted Taliban regime) will not stay indifferent to the attacks of the Kabul administration against them.

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A group of militants detonated a car bomb next to the house of Afghan Defense Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi on Tuesday evening, triggering a five-hour gun battle and leaving 12 dead, including four attackers and eight civilians.

The blast and gunfire have also left 22 more persons, mostly civilians, injured.

The defence minister said he and his family members are safe after the attack.

-XINHUA