塔利班宣佈對喀布爾自殺式汽車炸彈襲擊負責

Afghanistan's interior ministry says a suicide car bombing in the capital has killed at least 24 people.

Officials say 40 people were wounded in the blast Monday in western Kabul, the scene of several attacks and a neighborhood where several prominent political leaders live.

Najib Danish, an interior ministry spokesman, told the French news agency, "The car bomb hit a bus carrying employees of the the ministry of mines during rush hour."

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. The insurgent group's main spokesman Zabihullah Mukahid said in a statement, however, that 38 people had died in the explosion that he said targeted a bus carrying Afghan intelligence agency personnel.阿富汗內政部表示，阿富汗首都喀布爾發生自殺式汽車炸彈襲擊，已造成至少24人喪生。

有關官員說，這起星期一發生在喀布爾西部的襲擊還造成40人受傷。事發地點所在地區有數名知名政治領導人居住，這裏過去曾發生過幾起襲擊。

阿富汗內政部發言人對法新社表示，“安裝了炸彈的汽車在上班高峯時段撞上一輛載有阿富汗礦產資源部員工的大巴。”

塔利班宣佈對襲擊負責。塔利班發言人在一份聲明中說，襲擊造成38人死亡，襲擊的目標是載有阿富汗情報機構人員的大巴。