Nine people were killed and several injured in a suicide bomb blast outside the Afghan Defence Ministry as new US Secretary of State Chuck Hagel visited Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
Hagel was away when a man wearing a vest bomb was detonated. The terrorist outfit Taliban claimed the responsibility for the killing.
In another incident in Khost in eastern Afghanistan, bomb blast killed eight children and a policeman. According to reports, the policeman tried to stop the bomber and hugged him as the bomb exploded.
by RTT Staff Writer
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