Casualties confirmed after explosion close to Kabul mosque

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Casualties confirmed after explosion close to Kabul mosque

An explosion occurred on Friday close to a mosque within the Afghan capital, Kabul, with police confirming casualties.

Minutes after the explosion within the metropolis’s diplomatic quarter, a column of black smoke rose into the sky and opened hearth.

Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the Kabul police chief, confirmed that there have been casualties, however couldn’t present numbers for these killed or injured.

Interior minister’s spokesman Abdul Nafi Taqor mentioned the blast occurred on the principle street close to the mosque. He mentioned the explanations have been being probed. Takore mentioned that police groups are on the spot and the matter is being investigated.

Mosques have been the goal of assaults prior to now as effectively.

The blast befell close to the Wazir Akbar Khan mosque, which was hit by a bomb in 2020, killing two folks, together with the mosque’s prayer chief.


With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS

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