喀布爾自殺爆炸,14人喪生

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack early Monday morning in Kabul, killing at least 14 people on a minibus and wounding several others.

Police say the bomber approached the bus on foot and set off explosives.

Afghanistan's Interior Ministry says those killed were Nepalese security guards. Five other Nepalese nationals were wounded along with four Afghans.

Afghanistan's Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has condemned the violence as an "act of terror and intimidation."

The Taliban has also now claimed responsibility for a roadside bomb in Kabul Monday morning in which a provincial council member was wounded along with his two bodyguards.

NATO has condemned the attacks, saying "Horrific attacks like these show that, despite the Taliban's promises, they have a complete disregard for the lives of innocent civilians."

Elsewhere in Afghanistan, there are reports a suicide bomber riding an explosives-packed motorbike has blown himself up in a busy marketplace in northeastern Badakhshan province, killing at least eight people and wounding more than 40 others.塔利班聲稱對喀布爾星期一清晨的自殺襲擊負責。爆炸襲擊對象是一輛小巴士，造成至少14人死亡，數人受傷。

警方說，爆炸手徒步接近這輛小巴，然後引爆炸彈。

阿富汗內政部說，遇難者都是尼泊爾安全警衛，受傷的有5個尼泊爾人和4個阿富汗人。

阿富汗首席執行官阿卜杜拉譴責這起暴力事件，稱其爲“恐怖和恐嚇行徑”。

塔利班還宣稱對喀布爾星期一上午發生的路邊炸彈襲擊負責。一名省議員和他的兩名警衛被炸傷。

北約譴責這起襲擊，指出塔利班雖曾做出承諾，但這類可怕的襲擊顯示，他們完全漠視無辜平民的生命。

據報道，在阿富汗東北部巴達赫尚省，一名自殺爆炸手在一個市場將一輛裝滿炸藥的摩托車引爆，炸死至少8人，炸傷40餘人。