At least 14 people killed in Kabul suicide bombing
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At least 14 people were killed and eight injured when a bus carrying Nepalese security guards in Kabul was targeted Monday morning by a suicide bomber, the Afghan Interior Ministry said.
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack, which took place on the main road from the capital to Jalalabad, Sky News reports. Police are now working to identify the nationalities of the victims. It was the first bombing in Kabul since Ramadan began two weeks ago.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
