At least 20 people have been killed in a terrorist attack when a person detonated an explosive-laden vest outside the Supreme Court building in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, officials said.
Najibullah Danish, a spokesman for the Afghan Interior Ministry, said the assailant, approaching on foot, targeted the court’s employees at the end of their working day in front of a side door, meters away from the main entrance to the building, on Tuesday.
He further said the blast occurred when employees were boarding a bus to go home in the parking lot of the court compound, adding that at least 48 others were injured.
The Afghan Ministry of Health, which reported the initial casualty numbers, announced in a statement that the figure was expected to rise. It also said women and children were among the injured.
The court building is located in Macroryan district on a road leading from the Hamid Karzai International Airport to the United States embassy.