Afghan spokesman raises death toll in Kabul attacks to 16

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan health official says that at least 16 people have been killed in twin Taliban suicide bombings and a shootout that followed one of the attacks in the country’s capital, Kabul.
The near-simultaneous attacks struck the Afghan capital around noon on Wednesday. First, a suicide car bomber targeted a police station in western Kabul. The explosion was followed by a gunbattle between police and several attackers.
In the second attack, a bomber on foot det