KABUL, Nov 21 (NNN-ANA) – Concerns have been aroused as the Afghan capital Kabul witnessed a series of bomb blasts conducted by the Daesh outfit, with the latest two explosions in Dashti Barchi, killing one person and wounding six others on Wednesday.
Spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Qari Sayed Khosti, confirmed the blasts on Twitter, saying, one people was killed and six others were injured, and all the victims were civilians.
Without providing more details, the spokesman said, an investigation had been initiated into the attacks.
In the meantime, locals said, the first blast ripped through a mini-bus on Wednesday afternoon, claiming four lives and wounding two others.
Thirty minutes later, another blast rocked the neighbourhood Dehbori area, causing panic among locals.
The Daesh has reportedly claimed responsibility for the terrorist attacks.
On Nov 13, a similar blast targeted a mini-bus in the same locality, the Dashti Barchi area in Police District 13. Three persons were killed and a few others injured.
The hardliner Daesh group had also claimed responsibility for the explosion.
After the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban in mid-Aug, and the formation of a caretaker administration, the security situation has been comparatively improved, a development that has been largely welcomed by Afghans.
However, the recent terror attacks for which Daesh has claimed responsibility have caused concerns among the war-weary Afghans.
The Daesh, which challenged the Taliban-led Islamic Emirate, has also claimed responsibility for a series of terrorist attacks, including the brazen assault on the Kabul military hospital in early Nov, that left over a dozen killed or injured.
Daesh also claimed responsibility for deadly attacks on mosques in the northern Kunduz and southern Kandahar in Oct.
Downplaying the Daesh threat, spokesman of the Taliban-led government, Zabihullah Mujahid, said that, the security forces would continue to target and destroy their hideouts.
In the latest operation against the Daesh, “The security forces of the Islamic Emirate, targeted a hideout of the group in Sarai-e-Shamali locality of Kabul, on Wednesday night, killing a militant and arresting a few others,” Taliban official, Inamullah Samangani said, Thursday.
“Even a weak enemy could prove to be catastrophic, if overlooked,” a Kabul resident told the media, yesterday. The man who declined to be named called upon the new administration’s security forces, to ensure lasting peace in the conflict-torn country.– NNN-ANA
