Bomb Attack in Kabul, Afghanistan's Capital... 6 Casualties Reported
Taliban members are inspecting the site where a bomb attack occurred on the 23rd (local time).
Photo by AP Yonhap News
[Asia Economy Reporter Park Byung-hee] A roadside bomb attack in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, resulted in six casualties.
According to the Associated Press on the 23rd (local time), a roadside bomb targeting a Taliban vehicle in eastern Kabul killed two civilians, including one child, and injured four others.
Ismatullah Mubarez, the police chief of the area, said, "Two bombs exploded as the Taliban vehicle passed by," adding, "No Taliban members were harmed."
The AP quoted a hospital official who requested anonymity, stating that two bodies and four injured civilians were transported to the hospital.
No organization or group has yet claimed responsibility for this attack.
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However, recently, the Sunni extremist terrorist group 'Islamic State Khorasan' (IS-K), the Afghan branch of the Islamic State, has been carrying out attacks targeting the Taliban. On the 21st, IS-K detonated a power transmission tower in northern Kabul. Previously, on the 8th and 15th, they conducted consecutive suicide bombings at Shia mosques in Kunduz and Kandahar, killing more than 100 people in total.
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