Deadly bombing hits Afghan capital

“The explosion happened outside an office belonging to the Afghan National Army recruitment centre,” she said.

“Kabul has been largely spared this continuous low-level violence that plagues the rest of the country. The last time there was a large explosion here in the capitalwas about two months ago.”

Earlier on Tuesday, a similar attack on a Nato convoy in Kabul killed at least 20 civilians, an Afghan army doctor told the AFP news agency.

“The Isaf convoy was passing … when the suicide bomber attacked them. There might be casualties,” an official told Reuters, referring to the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force.