KABUL – At least four National Directorate of Security (NDS) forceofficials were killed and several other injured in a suicide attack inKabul city early Thursday morning, local police officials confirmed.
The attack took place at about 5am local time after a suicide bombertargeted an NDS convoy in Bagh-e-Daoud in Company area in PD5 of Kabulcity, a spokesman for Kabul police chief Hashmat Stanekzai confirmed.
“The investigation is ongoing into the attack and more details will beshared soon,” Stanekzai said.
TOLOnews reporter Gulabuddin Ghubar visited the scene after the explosionand said the target had reportedly been the 01 unit of the NationalDirectorate of Security (NDS). The convoy had been on its way back to theirbase after carrying out an operation.
He said shops and houses in the area sustained serious damage.
However, shopkeepers of the damaged buildings were on the scene early andhad already started cleaning up operations.
“The road re-opened to traffic after nearly four hours after being blockedby security forces,” Ghubar said.
The Taliban has claimed responsibly for the attack.
The attack comes after the NDS’s 01 unit has carried out numerousoperations in the past two months including a number ofnights raids incentral Wardak and Logar province – in which dozens of Taliban memberswere killed or injured.