KABUL, Afghanistan — CoordinatedTaliban bombings targeted the | Google News

KABUL, Afghanistan — CoordinatedTaliban bombings targeted the Afghan Defense Ministry in a crowded neighborhood of Kabul on Monday, officials said, killing at least 20 people and wounding dozens, among them senior security officials.

Sediq Sediqqi, a spokesman for the Afghan Interior Ministry, said that an army general and a police colonel in charge of the area’s security were among the dead on Monday. Other officials said the deputy director of President Ashraf Ghani’s elite protection force was also among those killed.