suicide bomber hits the Hospital In Afghanistan .....

A suicide bomb attack on a hospital has left six people dead and 23 wounded in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

The bomber detonated his device in a tent in the grounds of Charsad Bestar Hospital where medical students were eating lunch.

The hospital treats Afghan military personnel and is in a heavily fortified part of the city, yards from the US embassy and international forces HQ.

The Taliban said they had carried out the attack.

Eyewitness Mohammad Hakim, who was selling fruit from a cart near the hospital, said: "It was a big explosion. I fell to the ground."

There were fears that a second suicide bomber had got into the hospital, and staff were told to lock themselves in their rooms while soldiers searched the building, but no-one has been found.