One killed as roadside bomb hits gov't bus in Kabul

One person was killed and seven others wounded after a roadside bomb struck a government workers' bus on the outskirts of Kabul on Monday, Afghan police said.

"An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) hit the bus running along a road in Kamari locality of Bagrami district at around 7:30 a.m. local time. The stricken bus was carrying employees of Ministry of Education. The killed and the injured were shifted to a nearby hospital shortly after the explosion," the police source told Xinhua.

The victims belonged to the bus and no passerby was hurt by the blast, he said on condition of anonymity.

The vehicle was destroyed and overturned by the force of the explosion, according to the source.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The Afghan security forces have beefed up security operations against militants recently as spring and summer known as fighting season is drawing near in the country.

However, the militants responded by targeting the so-called soft targets by attacking government workers and conducting suicide attacks, targeted killings and roadside bombings.

More than 3,540 civilians were killed and over 7,450 others injured in 2015 in different places of the country, according to a report released by UN mission in the country in February.

Out of the casualties, 713 civilians were killed and more than 1, 650 injured by IED attacks last year, according to the report.

Source: Xinhua