Kabul, Nov 17 (AFP/APP):At least two people were killed and five wounded in a bomb blast that hit a minibus in the Afghan capital on Wednesday, officials said, the latest militants-claimed attack in Kabul.
The blast destroyed the vehicle in Dasht-e-Barchi, a Taliban official told AFP, in a suburb dominated by Hazara minority.
“Our initial information shows the bomb was attached to a minibus. We have launched an investigation,” he said.
Different Taliban officials gave varying accounts of the casualties.
An AFP staffer was near the scene when the bomb detonated.
“I heard a huge explosion… when I looked around a minibus and a taxi were on fire,” he said.
“I also saw ambulances rush to the area to take wounded and dead people to the hospital.”
The Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) claimed responsibility, saying on its Telegram channel that two separate explosions “killed and wounded more than 20 apostates”.
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