Afghanistan's interior ministry says a suicide car bombing in the capital has killed at least 24 people.

Officials say 40 people were wounded in the blast Monday in western Kabul, the scene of several attacks and a neighborhood where several prominent political leaders live.

Najib Danish, an interior ministry spokesman, told the French news agency, "The car bomb hit a bus carrying employees of the the ministry of mines during rush hour."

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. The insurgent group's main spokesman Zabihullah Mukahid said in a statement, however, that 38 people had died in the explosion that he said targeted a bus carrying Afghan intelligence agency personnel.

阿富汗内政部表示，阿富汗首都喀布尔发生自杀式汽车炸弹袭击，已造成至少24人丧生。

有关官员说，这起星期一发生在喀布尔西部的袭击还造成40人受伤。事发地点所在地区有数名知名政治领导人居住，这里过去曾发生过几起袭击。

阿富汗内政部发言人对法新社表示，“安装了炸弹的汽车在上班高峰时段撞上一辆载有阿富汗矿产资源部员工的大巴。”

塔利班宣布对袭击负责。塔利班发言人在一份声明中说，袭击造成38人死亡，袭击的目标是载有阿富汗情报机构人员的大巴。