Bomb blast kills four in Afghanistan

A blast inside a police station in Kabul city left at least four dead on Tuesday morning, police said.

“The explosives concealed in a motorbike were detonated inside the counter-narcotics department, in which four people, including foreigners, were killed and six others injured,” said a police official.

Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanekzai said the explosion took place at the gate of a foreign military base adjacent to the police department.

“As we know, the incident has casualties who are mainly foreign citizens,” he said.

Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying a suicide bomber targeted a foreign intelligence centre.

“Some 15 foreign and Afghan officers were killed,” the group said in a statement.