Kabul: An explosion occurred in front of the Taliban-led Foreign Ministry building in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday afternoon. According to reports, on January 4, several explosions were heard in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. The blasts came three days after an explosion at the Kabul military airport killed at least 10 people and seriously injured eight others, Khama Press reported.
The blast occurred at a busy time of day in a heavily fortified area surrounded by checkpoints on a road containing several ministries.
Taliban Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Nafi Takkur said the explosion wounded people near the main gate of the military airport in Kabul. Security-related incidents have increased in the war-torn county over the past few months. Last month a Chinese-owned hotel in the heart of Kabul was targeted.
Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021, armed groups linked to the Afghan branch of Islamic State have carried out bombings targeting ethnic Hazaras, Afghan Shias, Sufis and others, killing and injuring hundreds.