KABUL, March 1 (Xinhua) -- Two suicide bombings struck the fortified Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday within a span of a few minutes killing and injuring over three dozen people, according to preliminary reports.
Hours later of the attacks, Zabihullah Majahid who claims to speak for the Taliban outfit, in contact with media outlets claimed responsibility for both the bloody offensives.
In the first attack which occurred in the western edge of Kabul city, a suicide bomber reportedly exploded his explosive device behind the wall of police department in the 6th Police District at noon, enabling few more militants to enter inside the compound and begun targeting anyone inside.
In the second attack, which happened minutes later in Arzan Qimat locality in the 12th district in the eastern edge of Kabul, the attacker was killed and three others injured.
Afghan observers believe that like in past years the Taliban militants would intensify military activities with the herald of spring in the war-battered Afghanistan.
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