13 dead in IS-claimed attack in Afghan capital

Kabul, June 11 

A suicide attacker blew himself up today as government workers queued for an early bus home during the holy month of Ramadan, killing at least 13 persons and wounding 31, officials staff said.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the latest attack in the Afghan capital, a day before the government’s separate ceasefire with the Taliban is due to start.

The blast happened at the main gate of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, police and health ministry said.

Employees were gathered at the entrance of the compound waiting for a bus to take them home when the bomber blew himself up in the crowd, said rural ministry spokesman Faridoon Azhand, who was inside the building at the time. “I was in my office when I heard a big blast,” another employee said.

The attack, which IS claimed via their Amaq propaganda agency, killed 13 persons, Azhand said. — AFP