A Taliban suicide attacker struck a government bus in Kabul Monday, wounding eight people

A Taliban suicide attacker struck a government bus in Kabul Monday, wounding eight people, officials said, as insurgent representatives hold talks with an Afghan delegation aimed at ending the country's 13-year war.
  
The bus was carrying employees of the attorney general's office to work in downtown Kabul when the bomber struck, as the militants press on with their annual spring offensive.
  
"Our initial reports show a suicide attacker on foot targeted the attorney general's shuttle bus, wounding eight people, all civilians," interior ministry deputy spokesman Najeeb Danish told AFP.
  
The explosion blew out the windows of houses and shops nearby, Ahmad Reshad, a government employee who was near the blast site, told AFP.
 
The attack comes after a 20-member Afghan delegation on Sunday launched two-days of "open discussion" with Taliban representatives in the Gulf emirate of Qatar -- in their latest effort to end Afghanistan's long war.
  
The Taliban claimed responsibility for Monday's attack on their Twitter account, claiming that 40 people were killed or wounded.