Police within the Afghan capital say a suicide bomber carried out an assault on Monday (September 2, 2024), killing at the least six individuals and wounding 13 others.
The blast came about within the Qala Bakhtiar neighborhood in southwestern Kabul, stated Khalid Zadran, spokesman for the Kabul police chief.
Among the many lifeless was a girl, he stated, whereas 13 individuals had been wounded, all civilians who had been taken to a hospital for remedy.
Police are investigating the assault, however nobody has claimed duty.
The affiliate of the Islamic State group, a significant rival of the ruling Taliban, has carried out earlier assaults on colleges, hospitals, mosques and Shiite areas throughout the nation.
The Taliban seized energy in Afghanistan in August 2021, in the course of the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops after 20 years. Regardless of preliminary guarantees of a extra reasonable stance, the Taliban regularly reimposed a harsh interpretation of Islamic regulation, or sharia, as they did throughout their earlier rule of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001.
