{"id":22153,"date":"2015-12-28T00:22:47","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T00:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/deadly-blast-at-kabul-airport-as-taliban-attacks\/"},"modified":"2015-12-28T00:22:35","modified_gmt":"2015-12-28T00:22:35","slug":"deadly-blast-at-kabul-airport-as-taliban-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/deadly-blast-at-kabul-airport-as-taliban-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly blast at Kabul airport as Taliban attacks surge"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Taliban claim responsibility for blast near Kabul’s airport that killed one civilian and wounded several others.}<\/p>\n

At least one Afghan civilian was killed and several others were wounded after a suicide car bomb exploded at Kabul’s airport, Afghan officials have said.<\/p>\n

The attack happened early on Monday morning near the airport’s military entrance, which is used by NATO and coalition forces, the Afghan interior ministry said.<\/p>\n

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n

Reporting from Kabul, Al Jazeera’s Abdullah Shahood, said: “We have witnessed an increase in Taliban attacks this year, although it’s winter here and normally Taliban attacks decrease during the winter.<\/p>\n

“But we have seen quite a number of attacks by the Taliban, in the south of the country and north of the country, even in Kabul.”<\/p>\n

The attack comes a day after Pakistan’s army chief, General Raheel Sharif, visited Kabul to discuss peace talks with the Taliban.<\/p>\n

“Both sides agreed that the first round of dialogue between Afghanistan, Pakistan, US and China will be held in January to lay out a comprehensive roadmap for peace,” the Afghan presidential palace said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, a suicide bomber attacked a joint Afghan-NATO convoy near Bagram airbase outside Kabul, killing six US soldiers and wounding three others.<\/p>\n

Afghan forces are currently battling to push out Taliban fighters who seized large swathes of the key opium-rich district of Sangin in southern Helmand province.<\/p>\n

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