A suicide bomber was gunned down by Afghan security forces before detonating his explosive-laden vehicle near an Intelligence office in Kabul city, officials said.
The bomber was identified and shot down as he was approaching an office of the Directorate of National Security (NDS), responsible for liaising with police force.
The incident took place about 9:45am local time and the target was the intelligence office, said deputy Kabul police chief Gen Daoud Amin.
The security forces defused the bomb in the SUV, he added.
There were no Afghan security forces or civilians casualties in the firing. The area was cordoned off for further investigation.
In the same day, a suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle near an NDS compound in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. At least two security guards were killed in the incident.
A purported Taliban spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, claimed responsibility for the attack.
Shortly before the Jalalabad attack, an assailant detonated a van packed with explosives at a highway police checkpoint in Logar province, also in the east.
That explosion wounded three police officers but no one was killed, said Deputy Police Chief Rais Khan Abdul Rahimzai.
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