In a shocking incident, atleast 19 people were killed, and 50 others injured in twin blast attack on a military hospital at Kabul in Afghanistan on Tuesday.

As per reports, the twin blasts struck the entrance of the hospital and the there were also reports of gunfire inside the hospital.

"Nineteen dead bodies and about 50 wounded people have been taken to hospitals in Kabul," a health ministry official who asked not to be named told AFP.

The Taliban spent 20 years waging an insurgency against the ousted US-backed government.

Now they face the struggle of bringing stability to Afghanistan, which has been hit in recent weeks by a series of bloody assaults by the Islamic State group's local chapter.

The attack has not yet been claimed by any group.