Three killed and 16 injured in blast near Kabul hospital, medics say

A Taliban fighter checks documents following an explosion in Kabul (Ahmad Halabisaz/AP)

Six attackers set off an explosion at the entrance to a military hospital in the Afghan capital and tried to enter the facility but were eventually pushed back by Taliban guards, an official with the Taliban-run defence ministry said.

At least three people were killed and 16 people were wounded in the attack on the Sardar Mohammad Dawood Khan hospital in Kabul’s 10th district, health officials said.