Kabul, December 20

A car bomb blast that rocked Afghanistan’s capital on Sunday morning killed at least nine people. Interior Minister Masoud Andarabi said the attack wounded around 20 others, including a member of parliament, Khan Mohammad Wardak. Wardak is stable.

He added that the toll could rise further. The attack happened while the lawmaker’s convey was passing through an intersection in Khoshal Khan neighbourhood. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. — Agencies