The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on Afghan Defense Minister Bismillah Mohammadi in the capital, Kabul.
A Taliban spokesman said on Wednesday that the attack on the minister marked the beginning of "retaliatory measures" against the government, which had "ordered attacks and bombings in various parts of this country."
The number of dead and injured has, however, been corrected upwards.
At least 13 people were killed and around 20 more injured, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.
Among the fatalities, five attackers were killed by special police forces.
On Tuesday evening, attackers detonated a car bomb near a guest house of incumbent Defense Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi in the center of the city.
According to the interior minister, several attackers then broke into several apartment buildings and shot at security forces.
There was no information about whose houses it was.
The attack was ended after about five hours on Wednesday night, said the interior ministry spokesman.
Shortly after the start, around 70 to 80 civilians were rescued.
The people had previously been captured by the attackers or were stuck in the attack area.
Targeted killings almost daily
In a video released after the attack, Minister Mohammadi said he and his family are fine. However, three of his bodyguards were injured. In Kabul, the number of major car bomb attacks and suicide bombers has declined since early 2020. Most recently, in May, three explosions in quick succession in the west of the city killed at least 85 people, the majority of them schoolgirls. There are also targeted killings of government employees, clergymen and security forces in the city almost every day.