KABUL – At least 27 Afghan police cadets were killed in twin suicide bombings on a convoy of buses outside the capital, Kabul, on Thursday, officials said.
Kabul Police Chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi said the police trainees were traveling on the outskirts of Kabul when a suicide bomber rammed the buses with his car. A second bomber exploded after police and local residents rushed to the scene.
At least 27 cadets were killed, but the exact death toll was unclear. The trainee officers had been returning to Kabul from a training program in Wardak province when the attackers struck, the Associated Press reported, quoting a local official.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack in an email to the AP, the agency reported.
The attack comes more than a week after 14 Nepalese security guards were killed by a suicide bombing on a bus in the capital.
