A bus taking Afghan soldiers to work has been blown up by members of the Taliban in Kabul, Afghanistan's capital.
The driver of the bus was killed and at least 22 soldiers were reportedly injured when a bomb concealed in a cart exploded near the vehicle on Thursday morning.
"I heard a huge bang and I saw smoke rising out of the bus and the bus was full of officers panicking at the scene," a taxi driver at the scene of the blast said.
The driver of the bus was killed and 22 soldiers were wounded, General Mohammad Zahir Azimi, a defence ministry spokesman, said.
Police at the scene said that as many as six Afghan civilians were also injured in the bombing.
Taliban members carried out the attack, Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the group, said.
The bombing is only the latest attack carried out by Taliban members in the nation's capital.
Late on Wednesday, a member of Afghanistan's parliament who was prime minister for a few weeks in 1992, was assassinated outside his home by unknown men.
Abdul Sabur Farid Kuhestani, aged in his mid-fifties, was shot dead in an ambush, Ali Shah Paktiawal, the city's criminal investigation chief, said.