At least 14 people were killed and over 145 others including women and children were wounded in a car bomb explosion that targeted a police headquarters in police district 6 (PD6) of Kabul on Wednesday morning, Public Health Ministry confirmed.

The incident took place at around 9am Kabul time, the Interior Ministry's Nusrat Rahimi said.

The venue for a potential peace negotiation between an Afghan delegation and the Taliban is yet to be finalized, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday.

This comes hours after the Taliban launched a massive car bomb attack on the nation’s capital Kabul, killing at least 14 people and wounding 145 others, including women and children.