An explosion occurred within the Bakhtiar district of southern Kabul. No group has but claimed accountability.
An explosion within the Afghan capital Kabul has killed not less than six individuals, police and the inside ministry mentioned.
“This afternoon, an individual carrying explosives was detonated,” Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran mentioned in a submit on X on Monday.
“Sadly, six civilians, together with a girl, died and 13 others have been injured,” he added.
Zadran mentioned the assault occurred within the Bakhtiar Fort space south of Kabul, including that an investigation was ongoing.
Thus far, no group has claimed accountability.
Violence has declined in Afghanistan because the Taliban took over in 2021, ending a two-decade warfare involving international troops.
However the Islamic State (ISIS) department in Khorasan Province remains to be energetic and infrequently assaults civilians, foreigners and Taliban officers with weapons and bombs. The group is Afghanistan’s greatest safety risk and infrequently targets the Shiite group.
Essentially the most infamous Islamic State-linked assault because the Taliban takeover occurred in 2022, when a suicide bombing killed not less than 53 individuals, together with 46 ladies and younger ladies, at an schooling heart in Kabul’s Shiite group.
The final suicide assault in Afghanistan claimed by the Islamic State’s regional chapter occurred in March within the southern metropolis of Kandahar, a historic Taliban stronghold.
Taliban authorities spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid instructed AFP final month that Islamic State had a “presence” within the nation earlier than however that the Taliban “repressed it very harshly”.
“There isn’t any group right here that may pose a risk to anybody,” he mentioned.
