A bomb explosion has rocked an area near the parliament building in the Afghan capital, Kabul, leaving at least three soldiers wounded.<\/p>\n
The blast occurred when a magnetic bomb attached to a military vehicle exploded near Darul Aman area in western Kabul on Friday.<\/p>\n
A security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the incident took place at about 2:00 p.m. local time (0930 GMT).<\/p>\n
According to Afghan news agency Khaama Press, the injured were members of the Afghan National Army.<\/p>\n
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, yet.<\/p>\n
According to an alarming UN report released in early June, violence in Afghanistan claimed the lives of nearly 1,000 people in a time span of only four months, from January to April 2015. The report said there was a \u201c50-percent increase\u201d in the estimated number of civilian fatalities this year compared to the same period in 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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