KABUL, Feb 11, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - A suicide bomber killed five people including 
Taliban security forces on Tuesday in an explosion outside a bank in northern 
Afghanistan, police said.

Seven people were also wounded in the attack which targeted a queue of people 
waiting to collect their salaries from a bank in the city of Kunduz, the 
capital of Kunduz province.

"A suicide bomber, who had improvised explosive devices, detonated himself," 
said Jumadin Khaksar, police spokesman for Kunduz province.

He said civilians, civil servants and members of the Taliban security forces 
were among those killed.

"The Kunduz Province Police Command is working with relevant organisations to 
find the perpetrators of the incident and bring them to justice."

In March last year, a suicide bomber killed at least three people when he 
detonated a bomb outside a bank in the southern city of Kandahar, in an 
attack claimed by the regional chapter of the Islamic State (IS).

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Tuesday's attack.

The number of bomb blasts and suicide attacks in Afghanistan has markedly 
declined since the Taliban ended their insurgency after seizing power in 
August 2021, ousting the US-backed government.

However, a number of armed groups -- including IS -- remain a threat.