March 9, 2018: A suicide bomber on foot blew himself up in Kabul's Shiite area on Friday, killing at least ten people, officials said, in the latest attack in the Afghan capital.
"In the explosion, at least ten people were martyred and more than nine were wounded," said interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish.
One policeman was among those killed in the attack, which happened near a gathering to mark the 23rd anniversary of the death of Abdul Ali Mazari -- a prominent former leader of the mainly Shiite Hazara ethnic community who was killed by the Taliban.
Taliban claimed the responsibility of the attack. Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman of the Taliban claimed that the Taliban had inflicted a far higher number of casualities, but the insurgents often exaggerate their claims.
"The offer of negotiation is on the table," UN envoy to Afghanistan Tadamichi Yamamoto told a Security Council meeting on Thursday to mark the annual renewal of the UN mission to the war-torn country.
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