Updated 9am

The death toll from a suicide car bomb blast in the Afghan capital, Kabul, rose by more than 10 to at least 35, according to a senior government official.

The Taliban earlier claimed responsibility for the blast in the western part of Kabul. The government official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to talk to the media about the incident.

Kabul police chief spokesman Basir Mujahed said the bomber targeted a bus carrying employees of the mines and petroleum ministry early on Monday morning.

He said all the dead and wounded are civilians. The suicide bomber rammed his car into a minibus carrying the government employees.

An Afghan man looks outside through a broken window at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul.

The interior ministry called the attack a "criminal attack against humanity".

No-one has claimed responsibility for the attack but in the past, both the Taliban and the Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan have staged assaults in the Afghan capital.

Several prominent political leaders, such as Hazara leader Mohammad Mohaqiq, live in western Kabul.

The area has been targeted several times, including the suicide attack that killed prominent Shiite Muslim cleric Ramazan Hussainzada last month.

Mr Hussainzada was also a senior leader of Afghanistan's Hazara community.