Casualties showed after blast close to Kabul mosque

An explosion went off close to a mosque in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul on Friday, with police confirming casualties.

A column of black smoke rose into the sky and photographs rang out a number of mins after the blast within the town’s diplomatic quarter.

Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the Kabul police leader, showed there have been casualties, however may now not supply a bunch for the ones killed or wounded.

Internal Minister spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor stated the blast went off at the major highway close to the mosque. He stated the purpose was once underneath investigation. Takor stated police groups had been on the website and that an investigation was once underway.

Mosques have in the past been a goal for assaults.

The blast happened close to the Wazir Akbar Khan mosque which, in 2020, was once struck by means of a bomb that killed two folks, together with the mosque’s prayer chief.