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An explosion was reported in Kabul near the building housing Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry. Sources said ambulances were rushed to the scene.
According to Russian news agency Sputnik, explosion and gunfire were heard right outside the foreign ministry’s gates.
Earlier this month, an explosion occurred at a military airport in Kabul, according to Nafi Takoor, a spokesman for the Afghan Interior Ministry. The statement added that several persons were killed or injured in the incident. Takor was quoted as saying by Sputnik, “This morning, there was an explosion at the Kabul military airport, due to which a number of our citizens were martyred and injured.”
The identity of the perpetrator of the previous explosion in Kabul remains unknown. However, the Islamic State in Khorasan Province, a regional affiliate of the Islamic State group, has stepped up its attacks since the Taliban takeover in 2021. They have targeted both Taliban patrols and members of Afghanistan’s Shiite minority.
The military airport is located only 200 meters (219 yards) away from the civilian airport and near the Interior Ministry, which was also the site of a previous suicide bombing in October last year that resulted in at least four deaths. Although the Taliban prevented photographs and footage to be taken directly at the blast site, it was reported that the checkpoint appeared to be damaged but still standing.
The checkpoint is situated on Airport Road, which leads to high-security neighborhoods housing government ministries, foreign embassies and the presidential palace.
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