 At least 12 people have died after a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the interior ministry in the Afghan capital, Kabul, officials say. An interior ministry spokesman said 42 people, including two policeman, had been injured in the blast. The attacker detonated explosives at a busy gate outside the ministry building as staff arrived at work, police said. It is the latest in a number of explosions in Kabul this year, despite high security in the capital. Earlier, a health ministry spokesman said 54 people had been injured, but added that it was difficult to determine the numbers because casualties had been taken to several different hospitals. The explosion took place shortly before 0800 local time (0330 GMT) on a narrow dirt road where interior ministry employees queue to pass through a security gate...
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