Taliban suicide bombers kills 30 in devastating attack on buses carrying Afghan police cadets

Two Taliban suicide bombers have killed more than 30 people after launching a devastating attack on two buses carrying Afghan police cadets.  The attack took place in Paghman district close to the capital Kabul and among the dead were police cadets and four civilians. The first suicide attacker struck two buses carrying trainee policemen, and a second attacker
targeted those who rushed to the scene to help and hit a third bus.

The cadets were returning from a training centre in Wardak province and were heading to the capital on leave.

In a statement today, the Interior Ministry said that 30 police recruits had been killed and 58 others wounded in the attack.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack through their spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid. 

Mujahid said that the attack was the work of two suicide bombers. The first targeted the bus carrying the trainee policemen and their instructors. 

A second bomber attacked 20 minutes later, when policemen had arrived at the scene to help, according to Mujahid's account. The office of Afghan president Mohammed Ashraf Ghani described the bombing as an 'attack on humanity' in a statement and ordered an interior ministry investigation into the incident.

In a statement, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul condemned the attack. 

'This cruel and complete disregard for human life during the holy month of Ramazan is abhorrent,' they said.


Source: Mailonline