Explosion takes place in southern Kabul space of Qala-e-Bakhtiar, and no group has claimed accountability thus far.
An explosion in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, has killed at the very least six individuals, the police and Ministry of Inside Affairs say.
“This afternoon, an individual carrying explosives on his physique detonated,” Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran posted on X on Monday.
“Sadly six civilians, together with a lady, have been killed and 13 others have been injured,” he added.
Zadran stated the assault happened within the Qala-e-Bakhtiar space of southern Kabul, including that an investigation is beneath manner.
No group has claimed accountability thus far.
Violence has waned in Afghanistan because the 2021 Taliban takeover, which ended a two-decade warfare that included international forces.
However the ISIL (ISIS) affiliate in Khorasan Province stays lively and has often focused civilians, foreigners and Taliban officers with gun and bomb assaults. The group is the biggest safety risk in Afghanistan and has often additionally focused Shia communities.
Probably the most infamous ISIL-linked assault because the Taliban takeover was in 2022 when at the very least 53 individuals – together with 46 women and younger girls – have been slain in a suicide bombing at an training centre in a Shia neighbourhood of Kabul.
The final suicide assault in Afghanistan claimed by the regional chapter of ISIL was within the southern metropolis of Kandahar – the Taliban’s historic stronghold – in March.
Taliban authorities spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid instructed the AFP information company final month that ISIL “existed” within the nation earlier than however the Taliban “suppressed them very exhausting”.
“No such teams exist right here that may pose a risk to anybody,” he stated.
