Afghanistan: Five killed in Kabul airport suicide attack
The attack left 16 others injured.
Country's Ministry of Interior Affairs has condemned the attack.
"The Ministry of Interior Affairs condemns in the strongest terms the terrorist attack at the entrance gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport which resulted five civilians killed and 16 others wounded," read the Ministry's website.
"The incident took place while a suicide car bomber had struck the front gate of the airport at 12:00 PM," it said.
The wounded were taken to a nearby hospital.
The police have launched serious investigation in to the case, the Ministry said.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.