A bomb exploded near a checkpoint at Kabul’s military airport on Sunday morning killing and wounding “several” people, a Taliban official said, the first deadly explosion of 2023 in Afghanistan.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but the regional affiliate of the Islamic State group, known as Islamic State in Khorasan province, has increased its attacks since the Taliban seized power in 2021. Targets include Taliban patrols and members of Afghanistan’s Shiite minority. .
The military airport is about 200 meters (219 yards) from the civilian airport and close to the Interior Ministry, itself the site of a suicide bombing last October that killed at least four people.
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Taliban fighters stand guard at the site of an explosion near the Interior Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. A bomb exploded near a checkpoint at Kabul’s military airport on Sunday morning. , killing and wounding several people, a Taliban official said. he said, the first deadly explosion of 2023 in Afghanistan.
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Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor said the blast left several people dead and injured. He did not give exact numbers or more information about the attack, saying details of an investigation will be shared at a later date.
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Taliban fighters check the site of an explosion, near the Interior Ministry, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. A bomb exploded near a checkpoint at Kabul’s military airport on Sunday morning, killing and injuring several people, a Taliban official said. the first deadly explosion of 2023 in Afghanistan.
(AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Although Taliban security forces prevented direct photography and filming at the site of the explosion, the checkpoint appeared damaged but intact. It’s on Airport Road, which leads to high-security neighborhoods that house government ministries, foreign embassies, and the presidential palace.
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A spokesman for Kabul’s police chief, Khalid Zadran, was not immediately available for comment.
