Bomb blast apparently targeting police post near parliament building in Kabul injures three officers

A bomb blast apparently targeting a police post near the parliament building in Kabul on Sunday injured three officers, police and the interior ministry said.

The interior ministry in a statement said the explosion was triggered by an improvised explosive device, or IED, the Taliban's weapon of choice. It said the three wounded had been taken to hospital for treatment.

The blast follows a major Taliban attack at a landmark hotel in Kabul on Thursday in which 21 people were killed, fuelling doubts over Afghan forces' ability to protect their country as US-led troops begin to draw down forces.