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1 dead, 2 injured in magnetic mine blast in Kabul; no group claims responsibility

No individual or group including the Taliban has claimed responsibility yet.

1 dead, 2 injured in magnetic mine blast in Kabul; no group claims responsibility

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At least one person was killed and two others were injured in a magnetic mine blast targeting a vehicle in Kabul, according to the police.

The incident took place at around 7 am in Afghan capital’s Khairkhana area in PD11, TOLO News reported.

No individual or group including the Taliban has claimed responsibility yet.

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On Monday, government data seen by TOLO News said that at least 80 civilians were killed and 95 others were wounded in security incidents over the last week after the three-day Eid ceasefire.

Late July, Kabul witnessed same magnetic mine blast that targeted a police vehicle and left one person dead and two others injured.

Earlier in June, a well-known imam and a worshipper were killed and two others injured in a prayer-time bombing at a popular mosque in Kabul’s fortified Green Zone.

In May, dozens were killed and many injured in an explosion that took place near a hospital in Kabul.

In July 2019, a senior PPS officer Gen. Abdul Ghaffar died days after being injured in a roadside mine explosion in Kabul’s Qala-e-Zaman Khan neighbourhood.

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