Aljazeera
A suicide bomber has killed 15 Afghan army cadets as they were leaving their base in the capital, Kabul, officials said, taking the death toll from attacks this week across the war-torn country to more than 250.
The suicide bombing on Saturday was the second such incident in Kabul in 24 hours, and the seventh major assault in Afghanistan since Tuesday.
In an email to journalists, the Taliban said it was responsible for the ambush on the army cadets. The group has been involved in four other attacks on police and military bases this week.
Dawlat Waziri, defence ministry spokesman, said the suicide bomber targeted a minibus carrying the trainees right in front of a military academy in the Charrahi Qambar area of Kabul.
NATO’s Resolute Support mission tweeted that the latest incident was an “attack on the future” of Afghanistan and its security forces.