Pakistan condemns spate of deadly attacks in Kabul

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan condemned a spate of deadly attacks in Kabul on Wednesday and reiterated its support for Afghanistan’s fight against terror, the foreign office said on Thursday.
Three bombs rocked the Afghan capital of Kabul on Thursday, reportedly killing at least 15 people, as the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff was meeting top US and NATO officials in the city.
“Pakistan strongly condemns the terrorist attack in Kabul today, on a bus carrying government employees,” a foreign office statement said. “Pakistan condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. We express solidarity with the people of Afghanistan.” 
Islamabad also reiterated its continued support to international efforts to restore complete peace and stability in Afghanistan.
Eight employees of the ministry of mines and petroleum were killed and 27 wounded in an attack on their bus, ministry officials said in a statement. Five women and a child were among the dead. 
Minutes after the blast, a suicide bomber blew himself up a few meters away, killing at least seven people and wounding 20. The third attack was a car bomb, Reuters reported. 
The Taliban, fighting to restore Shariah law after their 2001 ouster at the hands of US-led troops, claimed responsibility for the car bomb alone.
Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said nine foreign forces were killed and two vehicles destroyed, but government officials did not confirm the Taliban claim.