In Afghanistan, twelve people were killed and several others injured in three bomb blasts in the capital Kabul on Thursday morning.

Officials said five people were killed and ten others injured in a bomb blast hitting a bus carrying government employees.

Seven people were killed and more than twenty others wounded in the second explosion.

The third blast happened when a car was blown up by unknown militants. The death toll is likely to rise from all the three blasts.

No militant group has claimed responsibility for the attacks.