Kabul, July 7 (TIWN) At least 12 people were killed and 80 others injured on Sunday in a suicide car bombing in Afghanistan's Ghazni city, authorities said.

The bombing which appeared to target a military base has been claimed by the Taliban.  Arif Noori, a spokesman for the governor of Ghazni province, said, “The attack took place in the morning at around 8.30 a.m. near a local base of the National Directorate of Security in Ghazni city”.