A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle has killed two Afghan defence ministry staffers and wounded at least nine others by ramming a bus carrying soldiers and civilians returning home from work.
General Kadam Shah Sheem, Kabul military commander, said on Monday the bombing happened in eastern Kabul and targeted a bus full of officers, soldiers and defence ministry staff that had just left a nearby military base. He said one of the dead was an officer and the other a civilian.
Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman General Zahir Azimi confirmed the casualty numbers.
An eyewitness, shopkeeper Mohammad Shakor, said the attack took place on a bumpy dirt road near a grave yard. He said the bus had just unloaded four women passengers and was driving away.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack in text message.
President Hamid Karzai who is on an official visit to India, condemned the attack in an announcement issued by his office.
He said it had been carried out by "those enemies of the Afghan people who don't want us having a strong and developed Afghan Security Forces in our country".
The Taliban have escalated their attacks against Afghan security forces and government employees ahead of a second round of voting next month to elect a new president.
A second round was forced after elections last month failed to give any candidate the majority needed to replace outgoing President Hamid Karzai.
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