Twin Taliban suicide blasts in Kabul kill 24

At least 24 people were killed and 91 wounded yesterday in a Taliban double suicide bombing in central Kabul during late afternoon rush hour, the latest assault on the Afghan capital.

The carnage near the defence ministry came as the Taliban ramp up their nationwide summer offensive against the US-backed government.

The two bombers on foot blew themselves up in rapid succession, in an assault apparently aimed at inflicting mass casualties as government employees left the ministry after work.

Health ministry spokesman Waheed Majroh said the attack left 24 people dead and 91 others wounded, some of them seriously.