Three killed in explosion in Afghanistan capital

Local official says four others injured; no group has claimed responsibility for Kabul attack

ISLAMABAD:

At least three people were killed Tuesday in a bomb blast in the Afghan capital, according to an official.

"Today at around 3:50 PM, a land mine exploded on the road behind a Mercedes car in the Alokhilo area of ​​the 16th district of Kabul. Unfortunately, 3 civilians were martyred and 4 others were injured," Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the Kabul Security Department, run by the interim Taliban administration, wrote on X.

نن ماذدیګر شاوخوا ۳:۵۰ دقیقې د کابل ښار ۱۶مې حوزې اړوند الوخیلو سیمه کې د لارې پر سر مارسډیز ډوله موټر پسې یوه ځای پر ځای شوي ماین چاودنه کړې. له بده مرغه ۳ تنه عام هېوادوال پکې شهیدان شوي او ۴ نور ټپیان دي.
سیمې ته پولیس رسیدلي د څېړونو په جریان کې یې یو مشکوک کس نیولی.

— Khalid Zadran (@khalidzadran01) January 9, 2024

Zadran said security forces arrested one suspect during a search operation in the area.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

The latest explosion occurred after at least 25 people were killed or wounded in a blast in district 6, or PD6, in Kabul late Saturday.

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The UN mission in Afghanistan said later that the blast targeted the ethnic Hazara community in the western Dasht-e Barchi area of the capital.

The Hazaras are one of Afghanistan’s main ethnic groups who are also present in neighbouring Pakistan and Iran.