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A suicide blast claimed by the Islamic State Group killed in at least seven people and wounded many others in mid-year report warned Afghanistan hit record levels of civilian casualties.
The bomber blew himself up in the hand of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development just when the staff was leaving work for the day, said a spokesman. Faridon Azhand told the story of a victim of violence in Afghanistan.
Afghan media quoted witnesses as saying the attack might have been targeted at "foreigners," but gave details.
A report led by the militant group's Amaq news agency responsible for the attack, which it said killed or wounded 60 people, including two foreigners.
Sunday's bombing was the second attack targeting the ministry in just more than a month . A suicide bomber killed 17 people and wounded 40 others on June 11
The latest violence comes as a UN Mission in Afghanistan released its latest civilian casualty report Sunday, noting the Armed conflict killed nearly 1,700 civilians in the first six months of 2018, the most fatalities in the past decade.
The report said a majority of the casualties occurred in Kabul and in the eastern Nangarhar province, blaming Islamic State for plotting the bloodshed .
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