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A Taliban car-bomb attack targeting an intelligence base in eastern Afghanistan killed at least seven people and wounded dozens on May 18, RFE/RL reports. 

Arif Noori, spokesman for the provincial governor in eastern Ghazni Province, said a suicide bomber used a stolen military Humvee filled with explosives and detonated it near the entrance to the base.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the incident killed or wounded "tens" of special forces.

Noori said seven people were killed and at least 40 others were wounded.

Nasir Ahmad Faqiri, the council chief for the province, confirmed the casualties.

Another official in the Ghazni Province administration, Wahidullah Jumazada, said the attack targeted a unit of the National Directorate of Security in Ghazni city.

"Most of the victims are intelligence personnel," he added.

The attack comes a day after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his political rival, Abdullah Abdullah, reached a power-sharing agreement ending a months-long political feud following disputed elections in September 2019.