Blast outside Af top court kills 17

Blast outside Af top court kills 17 Kabul: A suicide car bomber on Tuesday rammed a bus packed with staff of Afghanistan’s top court, killing 17 and wounding 39 in the second attack in two days in the heavily fortified capital, police said.     The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it had punished judges for “justifying the invading infidels” in sentencing to death Taliban prisoners held by the Afghan government.     All those injured or killed in the powerful explosion outside the supreme court and near the US embassy were civilians and included women and children, officials said.      General Mohammad Zahir, head of Kabul criminal investigations, said the bomber rammed a bus carrying supreme court staff. Officials said it happened at around 4pm, the end of the working day in Afghanistan.      “A suicide bomb hit at the back of a Coaster causing lots of civilian casualties, dead and wounded,” Zahir said. AGENCIES