A generationIn Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, an explosion occurred near the residence of the Minister of Defense and many people were injured. On Tuesday, Emergency Relief, a non-governmental organization operating a hospital in central Kabul, said on Twitter that at least six patients had been sent in.
Politician Junus Kanuni in an article on application Sharing a voice message, the explosion occurred at a hotel owned by Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, the current Minister of Defense. When the explosion occurred, the minister himself attended the funeral with him. According to an assistant to the minister, his family has been safely transferred.
Heard two more explosions
The details of the incident were still unclear at first. The Ministry of the Interior only confirmed that an explosion occurred in the Sherpur district of the city center, where many senior politicians and government officials lived. A spokesman for the Kabul police announced that security forces and special police forces had arrived at the scene.
After the first large-scale explosion, at least two other smaller explosions can be heard in the center. The local media also reported gunshots and the assailants broke into the hotel.
So far, no one has confessed to the attack. In the past, the militant Islamic Taliban and the terrorist militia “Islamic State” (IS) have reported attacks in Kabul.
In the capital, Kabul, the number of major car bomb attacks and suicide bombings has declined since the beginning of 2020. The most recent time was in May, when at least 85 people were killed in three consecutive explosions in the west of the city, most of them female students.
