Deadly blast in an Afghan military hospital killed six medical students and wounding 23 others in Kabul Saturday.

Deadly blast in an Afghan military hospital killed six medical students and wounding 23 others in Kabul Saturday.

"The blast killed six people and wounded 23 others and all of them are medical students," said defense ministry spokesman General Mohammad Zahir Azimi.
"There was a suicide attack at a tent used as a dining facility by medical students inside the hospital.”

Taliban movement claimed responsibility for the blast, with its spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said two attackers had entered the heavily-secured hospital.

A doctor inside the hospital, speaking to AFP news agency on condition of anonymity by telephone, said people in the building had been shut into one room as searches went on for other attackers but had now been evacuated.

A Western military source also said there had been shooting inside the compound.
The roads to the hospital were blocked and Afghan security forces including the spy agency's quick reaction forces cordoned off the facility, while police and soldiers were also on the scene.