‘French restaurant popular with expats target of Kabul attack’

KABUL: A French restaurant popular with foreigners in Kabul was the target of a New Year’s day bombing today, officials said.

“The target was Le Jardin restaurant. We don’t know yet if there were any casualties,” a Western official told mediapersons.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

The blast is the latest in a series of attacks around Afghanistan in recent weeks.

It came just days after Pakistan’s powerful army chief General Raheel Sharif visited Kabul to try to prepare the ground for fresh peace talks with the resurgent Taliban. (AGENCIES)