Photo taken on March 13, 2017 shows a destroyed vehicle being taken away from the site of an attack in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. At least one person has been confirmed dead and eight others injured after a suicide bomber targeted a mini-bus in Taimany locality in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Monday. (Xinhua/Rahmat Alizadah)
KABUL, March 13 (Xinhua) -- At least one person has been confirmed dead and eight others injured after a suicide bomber targeted a mini-bus in Taimany locality in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Monday.
Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqi, according to media reports, has confirmed that one woman was killed in the attack and eight more people sustained injuries.
The mini-bus was completely burned in the deadly incident.
No official has yet to make comment on the attack which happened at around 5:00 p.m. local time.
However, eyewitnesses believed that the number of casualties is higher than reported.
Kabul has been the scene of series of deadly suicide attacks over the past couple of months.
On March 8, a terrorist attack on a military hospital in Kabul killed at least 30 people and injured nearly 100 others. Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the hospital attack.
