Click photo to enlarge Afghan military forces inspect a suicide
attack on a road in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. A
suicide attacker struck a bus carrying police recruits in
eastern Kabul Sunday, wounding several police. KABUL,
Afghanistan—A Taliban suicide bomber riding a bicycle attacked a
bus Sunday carrying police recruits in eastern Kabul, killing
two people and wounding some 20 others, police said.  One of
those killed was a police officer and the other was a civilian
employee of a police training center, police spokesman Hashmat
Stanekzai said.  The wounded included 14 passengers on the bus,
including both police and civilian employees, Stanekzai said.
Six civilian bystanders also were wounded, he said.  The Taliban
claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement sent to
journalists.  Separately Sunday, a Taliban spokesman denied that
secret talks have been held between the Islamic insurgent group
and representatives of the Afghan government.  In a statement,
Taliban spokesman Zabihul