KABUL, Jan 11 A suicide bomber tried to enter a building Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, but was stopped by security, after which he carried out an explosion, said the representative of the Taliban (the Taliban movement *) Ahmadullah Muttaki.
Earlier, sources reported that an explosion occurred in Kabul near the building of the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and shots were also heard. City police spokesman Khalid Zadran confirmed the explosion. Agence France-Presse reported more than 20 dead or injured.
«While I was working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a suicide bomber tried to enter the Ministry. But the forces at the entrance identified him, and he detonated his explosives,» Muttaki said on Twitter.
He added that at the time of the explosion, many employees had already left, there were no foreign citizens at the meetings in the building.
* The Taliban movement is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities