Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the Kabul police leader, informed CNN that the blast did motive casualties, however didn’t specify additional.
The incident came about within the town’s police district 17 and safety forces are at the scene investigating, he added.
Healthcare group Emergency later showed that a minimum of 3 other people had died.
“Following today’s explosion, we admitted 27 patients to our Surgical Centre for War Victims in Kabul, including five minors, one of them a seven-year-old boy,” Stefano Sozza, Emergency’s Country Director in Afghanistan, informed CNN.
“Two patients arrived dead, one died in the emergency room,” he mentioned.
“In the month of August alone, we managed six mass casualties in our hospital, with a total of almost 80 patients. Throughout the year, we have continued to receive gunshot injuries, shrapnel injuries, stabbing injuries, and victims of mine and IED explosions on a daily basis. The country is suffering the consequences of a very long conflict that has undermined its future,” he added.
Bilal Karimi, the Taliban’s deputy spokesman, condemned the explosion in a tweet on Wednesday night time.
“The murderers of civilians and perpetrators of similar crimes will soon be caught and punished for their actions, God willing,” Karimi wrote.
This is a growing tale and shall be up to date.