A suicide bombing outside a Kabul Bank branch in Kunduz, northern Afghanistan, killed at least 21 Taliban members and wounded more than 30 others on Tuesday, according to local sources. The explosion occurred as many Taliban officials gathered to collect their salaries, raising concerns over security threats facing the group’s administration.

Afghan police say a suicide bomber has detonated an explosive device near a bank in northern Afghanistan, killing at least five people and wounding seven others.

A suicide bomber killed five people including Taliban security forces on Tuesday in an explosion outside a bank in northern Afghanistan, police said. Seven people were also wounded in the attack which targeted a queue of people waiting to collect their salaries from a bank in the city of Kunduz, the capital of Kunduz province.

KABUL: The Islamic State group claimed Wednesday a suicide bombing of a bank in north Afghanistan which killed