Suicide bomber, gunmen behind Kabul hospital attack: Taliban

Afghan medical staff members (C) stand at the entrance of a hospital as they wait to receive the victims of blasts in Kabul. Credit: AFP Photo

A suicide bomber and gunmen were behind an attack on a Kabul hospital that killed at least 19 people on Tuesday, a Taliban official said.

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"The attack was initiated by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle who blew himself up at the entrance of the hospital," said the official on condition on anonymity, adding the attack was now over and the assailants had all been killed.

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