At least seven people were killed on Monday in a suicide bomb attack near Afghanistan’s intelligence agency here, officials said.

The attacker, who was on foot, triggered the bomb around 8 a.m., near an office of the National Directorate of Security in the capital city’s Shashdarken neighbourhood, Nasrat Rahimi, spokesperson of the Ministry of Interior Affairs, told Efe news.

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One other person was injured and the toll might increase, according to the Health Ministry.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.