Police have cordoned off the area and banned the access of people including journalists to the site of the blast…reports Asian Lite News
Eight people were injured in a blast that rocked Afghanistan’s capital city Kabul on Wednesday, media reports said.
Kabul security department’s spokesperson said eight people were wounded in a blast that targeted a vehicle that was carrying the employees of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, TOLO news reported.
The blast targeted a minibus of Taliban employees in front of a government building in Police District 5 during the morning rush hour.
“I was near the area when a really loud explosion was heard, many people were injured. The explosion happened next to a bus,” a local resident was quoted as saying by TOLO.
Police have cordoned off the area and banned the access of people including journalists to the site of the blast, according to media reports.
So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the blast.
Recent blast in mosque
At least seven persons were injured in an explosion that took place at a mosque in Kabul.
The Kabul’s spokesperson of the Taliban police chief office, Khalid Zadran, said that the explosion occurred at around 3 o’clock in the afternoon on Friday, October 28, in the Sheikh Mohammad Rohani Mosque, reported Khaama Press.
The explosion took place in Kabul city’s 5th police district as worshippers gathered at the mosque for Friday prayer, according to Taliban security official, Zadran.
“Explosive materials were placed inside the mosque, and it exploded after the Friday prayer,” Zadran said.
While the Taliban officials stated that the explosion injured 7 people, local sources in Kabul reported that at least 10 people were injured as a result of the detonation of the explosives at the mosque, reported Khaama Press.
This explosion has not yet been attributed to any specific person or organization.
However, the deadliest attacks in Kabul, Kunduz, Balkh, Kandahar, Herat, and Nangarhar provinces of Afghanistan, have been claimed by the Khorasan branch of ISIS.
The ISIS attacks in Afghanistan have long targeted worshipping places, schools, and other public places where people congregate, reported Khaama Press.
Even though the Taliban has been in power for more than 14 months, despite their officials’ repeated promises to ensure general security, various regions in Afghanistan have been on the scene of fatal attacks.
Earlier in September, the suicide bombing in Afghanistan’s Herat caused the death of twenty persons, which sparked strong reactions from across the globe.
At least 20 people were killed in a blast that rocked a mosque in northwestern Afghanistan during Friday prayers, Afghan media reported.
Guzargah mosque in the city of Herat was bombed at around 12:40 pm (local time), Khamaa Press reported, citing authorities run by the Taliban.
In October, at least four people were killed and 25 others were wounded in a blast in the Kabul mosque.
The blast reportedly took place at a mosque of the Taliban’s Interior Ministry, Tolo News reported. (ANI)
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