More than 20 killed in attack on Kabul military hospital
More than 20 people have been killed and at least 16 injured in an attack on a military hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul, an official at the Ministry of Public Health told the BBC. A Taliban spokesman confirmed there had been two explosions – the first in front of the 400-bed Sardar Daud Khan hospital and the second nearby. Gunmen then broke into the hospital grounds, witnesses said. No-one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. The Taliban spokesman, Bilal Karimi, told the BBC that fighters from the Islamic State affiliate IS-K had entered the compound after detonating the first explosion at the entrance gate. Mr Karimi said Taliban fighters shot and killed four IS-K attackers and captured one alive.(BBC)…[+]