Grenade attack on UN vehicle kills foreign national in Kabul

A grenade attack targeting a vehicle of the United Nations (UN) in Afghanistan has killed one foreign national and wounded five other people in the capital Kabul, Afghan officials say.

According to Press TV, Nasrat Rahimi, a Spokesman for the Afghan Interior Ministry, said the attack was carried out on a road frequently used by UN vehicles shuttling workers between central Kabul and a large UN compound on the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Sunday evening.

Five Afghans, including two local UN employees, were also slightly wounded in the assault, he added.

Rahimi did not give the nationality of the deceased.

No group or individual has yet claimed responsibility for the bombing. Both the Taliban and Daesh militant groups operate in Afghanistan.

The latest assault took place after a week’s lull in the heavily fortified capital following a series of bomb attacks in recent months.

On November 13, at least seven people were killed as a car bomb exploded during the busy morning rush hour in Kabul.

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