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A suicide bomber blew himself up in front of a government ministry in Kabul on Sunday, killing or wounding at least 10 people, police said. Ministry spokesman Fraidoon Azhand said the suicide bomber had hit a security fence as employees left the compound to return home. He added that six people had been killed and 12 others wounded, most of them being Ministry employees. These figures could not be confirmed immediately.
This is the second time in just over a month that the ministry has been targeted by activists. On June 11, a suicide bomber blew himself up as Ministry workers lined up for a bus that brought them home during the holy month of Ramzan, killing at least 13 people and wounding 31. The State Group Islamic (IS) claimed responsibility for this attack. The attack on Sunday comes as a UN report shows that a record number of civilians were killed in the first six months of 2018, militant attacks and terrorist attacks. Suicides being the leading causes of death
1 692 deaths the year before and the highest since the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) began keeping records in 2009. 3 Another 430 people were injured, down 5% from the same period last year. and "complex" attacks involving several militants have caused 1,413 casualties – 427 dead and 986 wounded – up 22 percent over the previous year.
UNAMA attributed 52 percent of these casualties to the United States. EI, mainly in Kabul and Nangarhar
. The Taliban was responsible for 40 percent, the UN said.
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