At Least Two Dead After Suicide Bombers Attack Spy Agency In Afghanistan

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Suicide bombers attacked Afghanistan’s spy agency on Wednesday, killing at least two people and wounding 22 others, Reuters reported. One attacker detonated a car bomb near the gate of Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security in Kabul, the report said. Five other attackers were shot and killed as they tried to storm the facility, according to Reuters

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in a text message sent to the Associated Press.

(Credit: Ahmad Massoud/ZUMA Press/Newscom)

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