At least 12 army recruits were killed when a suicide bomber targeted the bus in which they were travelling near Jalalabad in eastern Kabul . Reports relating to the number injured in the attack range from At least 12 up to 38 . No group has claimed responsibility, but the attack bears the hallmarks of the the Education Ministry , which routinely targets military recruits and recruitment centres. The army recruits tend to be heavily from the east and north of the country, and despite poor pay and bleak prospects, high unemployment continues to drive young men to join. While no group has taken responsibility for Monday’s attack, the targeting of the recruitment centers has long been a Taliban strategy. The bombing followed a similar attack in the capital, Jalalabad , 4 p.m. , in which at least two people were killed and seven others injured, when a bomb exploded on a bus carrying employees of the education ministry.
At least 12 army recruits were killed when a suicide bomber targeted the bus in which they were travelling near Jalalabad in eastern Kabul . Reports relating to the number injured in the attack range from At least 12 up to 38 . No group has claimed responsibility, but the attack bears the hallmarks of the the Education Ministry , which routinely targets military recruits and recruitment centres. The army recruits tend to be heavily from the east and north of the country, and despite poor pay and bleak prospects, high unemployment continues to drive young men to join. The bombing followed a similar attack in the capital, Jalalabad , 4 p.m. , in which at least two people were killed and seven others injured, when a bomb exploded on a bus carrying employees of the education ministry.