New Delhi: A blast outside Kabul’ military airport on Sunday has caused multiple casualties, said a spokesperson for Taliban-run interior ministry, quoted news agency Reuters as saying. "Today morning an explosion took place outside Kabul military airport, due to which a number of our citizens were martyred and injured," spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor told Reuters, adding that investigations are underway.
The exact number of casualties was not told by the spokesperson.
This explosion comes three days after four people were injured in a blast that rocked Taluqan city, the capital of northern Takhar province on Wednesday.
Taliban security commander Abdul Mubin Safi in Takhar confirmed the explosion and stated that a bomb was placed under a local administrative staff's desk, The Khaama Press reported.
In the past few months, the war-torn county has witnessed increasing security incidents including explosions. On Monday, a blast killed the police chief of northern Badakhshan province and injured two others.
(With inputs from ANI)