Story highlights The Taliban are responsible for the bombing, a spokesman for the group says

An Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman says the blast happened in the Justice Ministry's parking lot

(CNN) Four Afghan civilians were killed and 24 more wounded in a suicide bombing Tuesday afternoon outside Afghanistan's Justice Ministry, an Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman said.

An explosives-laden vehicle was detonated in the Justice Ministry's parking lot around 4 p.m. (7:30 a.m. ET) Tuesday, according to the government spokesman, Sediq Sediqqi.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. A spokesman for the militant group, Zabiullah Mujahid, said it killed and wounded high- and low-ranking Justice Ministry officials.

The Taliban's involvement is hardly a surprise. A U.S.-led military offensive ousted the group from power in Afghanistan after the September 11, 2001, attacks . But since then, the Taliban have carried out similar violence almost continuously, including two recent attacks on the Afghan attorney general's office.

On Sunday, Mujahid said his group was behind a suicide car bombing near Hamid Karzai International Airport that killed four people, one of them a British citizen.

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