Kabul: Two killed as Afghanistan capital rocked by deadly explosion

Two people were killed in an explosion in Kabul on Thursday (Jan 11), the third such incident in less than a week. Twelve others were also injured in thegrenade blast in PD 18 of Kabul, a spokesman for the Kabul security department, Khalid Zadran said.

He added that an investigation is underway to arrest the perpetrator.

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The grenade was detonated outside a commercial centre in the Dasht-e-Barchi area, an enclave of the historically oppressed Shiite Hazara community.

"The initial information shows that unfortunately two civilian compatriots were martyred and 12 others were wounded," Zadran said in a statement.

The blast is the second deadly explosion in the area in less than a week.

Earlier attacks in Kabul

On Saturday, a bomb planted on a bus killed at least five people and wounded 15 others. The responsibility for these attackswas claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group, which considers Shiites heretics.

IS claimed responsibility for another blast days later in eastern Kabul, in which police said three people were killed and four wounded by a bomb hidden in a cart near a minivan.

The recent attacks in Kabul mark an exit from a patter when thenumber of bomb blasts and suicide attacks in Afghanistan had declined after Taliban seizedpower in August 2021.

However, anumber of armed groups -- including IS (Khorasan) -- remain a securitythreat for the country.

(With inputs from agencies)