Taliban attack near US Embassy: Death toll rises to 10

An Afghan official says at least 10 civilians are dead and another 42 wounded in a Taliban car bombing in Kabul near the US Embassy and the headquarters of the NATO Resolute Support mission.

Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi announced the new toll on Thursday afternoon. It was the second major Taliban bombing in Kabul this week.

The attacks are taking place even as a US envoy is in town to brief Afghanistan's president and others on a deal "in principle" that he has reached with the Taliban on ending America's longest war.

The Afghan government has warned that the deal from which Afghan officials have been sidelined is moving dangerously quickly.

Source: AP