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          Bomb Kills Two Education Ministry Workers in Afghan Capital

   by Reuters

   A bomb hit a mini-bus carrying Afghan Education Ministry workers in the
   capital Kabul on Monday, killing two people and wounding seven, the
   ministry said.

   The roadside bomb blew up as the bus was carrying workers to their
   offices in Kabul's eastern Bagrami district, the ministry said.

   There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Government workers and
   members of the security forces are often targeted by insurgent groups,
   including the Taliban, who are seeking to topple the U.S.-backed
   government in Kabul.

   Bus conductor Rahim Gul said the force of the blast threw him out of
   the vehicle.

   "We picked up the Education Ministry staff and we were driving on the
   road when there was an explosion," Gul told Reuters Television.

   "It was very powerful and threw me out of the car window. A few minutes
   later I found myself in a wheat field and then I rushed to the site of
   the attack and helped some injured people and they were taken to
   hospital."

   The Taliban have stepped up their insurgency since most foreign troops
   withdrew from Afghanistan at the end of 2014, although Kabul has
   enjoyed a period of relative calm during the harsh winter months.

   That lull was expected to end soon with the Taliban poised to launch
   their annual spring offensive.

   Six people were killed by a suicide bomber on a motorcycle in Parwan
   district, northwest of Kabul, last week. On Feb. 22, a Taliban suicide
   bomber killed 14 people and wounded 11 at a clinic in the same
   district.

   Afghanistan's precarious security was underlined late on Saturday when
   at least two rockets hit the diplomatic zone in Kabul only hours after
   U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held meetings with Afghan government
   leaders in the capital.

   No injuries were reported.
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