Two back-to-back bomb blasts have ripped through a district of Kabul where important government buildings and ministries are located. The bomb explosions occurred during the morning rush hour, leaving at least 21 people dead and 27 others injured in the Afghan capital.
The first bomb attack was carried out by an assailant on a motorcycle, who blew himself up in the Shashdarak area close to the buildings of Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security in the heart of Kabul.
Shortly afterwards, a second explosion tore through a group of reporters who had gathered at the site of the first incident outside the headquarters of the Ministry of Urban Development.
There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, which came only a week after some 60 people lost their lives when a blast ripped through a voter registration center in west Kabul.
The Daesh terrorist group claimed that attack.
The latest rise in attacks comes as Afghanistan is preparing to hold long-delayed legislative elections on 20 October 2018. Some 17 years into the US-led invasion of Afghanistan, the country is still suffering from insecurity and militancy.
