Taliban claims deadly Kabul attack amid strained talks with U.S

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN-JULY 01: Smoke rising from the scene of a suicide bomb blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, 01 July 2019. According to reports, several people killed and more than a hundred others were wounded including children after Taliban insurgents targeted a building of Ministry of Defense in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 01, 2019. Shamriz Sabawoon/ Afghan Multimedia Agency

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN-JULY 01: Afghan security forces inspect the scene of a suicide bomb blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, 01 July 2019. According to reports, several people killed and more than a hundred others were wounded including children after Taliban insurgents targeted a building of Ministry of Defense in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 01, 2019. Shamriz Sabawoon/ Afghan Multimedia Agency

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN-JULY 01: Afghan security forces secure the scene of a suicide bomb blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, 01 July 2019. According to reports, several people killed and more than a hundred others were wounded including children after Taliban insurgents targeted a building of Ministry of Defense in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 01, 2019. Shamriz Sabawoon/ Afghan Multimedia Agency

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN-JULY 01: Smoke rising from the scene of a suicide bomb blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, 01 July 2019. According to reports, several people killed and more than a hundred others were wounded including children after Taliban insurgents targeted a building of Ministry of Defense in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 01, 2019. Shamriz Sabawoon/ Afghan Multimedia Agency

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN-JULY 01: Afghan security forces secure the scene of a suicide bomb blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, 01 July 2019. According to reports, several people killed and more than a hundred others were wounded including children after Taliban insurgents targeted a building of Ministry of Defense in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 01, 2019. Shamriz Sabawoon/ Afghan Multimedia Agency

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN-JULY 01: Smoke rising from the scene of a suicide bomb blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, 01 July 2019. According to reports, several people killed and more than a hundred others were wounded including children after Taliban insurgents targeted a building of Ministry of Defense in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 01, 2019. Shamriz Sabawoon/ Afghan Multimedia Agency

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN-JULY 01: Smoke rising from the scene of a suicide bomb blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, 01 July 2019. According to reports, several people killed and more than a hundred others were wounded including children after Taliban insurgents targeted a building of Ministry of Defense in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 01, 2019. Shamriz Sabawoon/ Afghan Multimedia Agency

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN-JULY 01: Afghan security forces inspect the scene of a suicide bomb blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, 01 July 2019. According to reports, several people killed and more than a hundred others were wounded including children after Taliban insurgents targeted a building of Ministry of Defense in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 01, 2019. Shamriz Sabawoon/ Afghan Multimedia Agency

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN-JULY 01: Afghan security forces inspect the scene of a suicide bomb blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, 01 July 2019. According to reports, several people killed and more than a hundred others were wounded including children after Taliban insurgents targeted a building of Ministry of Defense in Kabul, Afghanistan, on July 01, 2019. Shamriz Sabawoon/ Afghan Multimedia Agency