Taliban suicide bombers kill 27 police cadets near Kabul

June 30, 2016 14:55

Suicide bombers, believed to be Taliban, have attacked an Afghan police convoy outside the capital Kabul, killing as many as 27 cadets and civilians, and injuring over 40, officials say.

The BBC reports that two bombs hit vehicles carrying graduates returning from a ceremony on the city's western outskirts.

Paghman District Governor Haji Mohammad Musa Khan told the BBC many more had been injured.

The bombing was claimed by the Taliban and follows an attack on a bus just over a week ago that killed 14 people.

The dead included Nepali security guards working for the Canadian embassy.

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