ISIS Takes Responsibility for Blast in Afghanistan

Kabul: The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria-Khorasan branch (ISIS-K) has claimed responsibility for the blast which took place in Kabul city on Saturday.

Explosion hit Hazara-dominated Dasht-e-Barchi neighborhood of Kabul, exploding a public transport vehicle. The attack, in its first time under the Taliban in the neighborhood, revived the past attacks on the neighborhood and raised alarm of a new wave of attacks. pic.twitter.com/pCDCTGeIWE

— Ezzatullah Mehrdad (@EzzatMehrdad) November 13, 2021

The blast had left three people dead and six others injured in the city.

Another explosion rock Hazara dominated Dasht-e-Barchi in western Kabul.

Karzai, Ghani, Talib, Daesh. No matter which one of them is in power in Afghanistan, Hazara people have been targeted systemcally under different regimes and are still targeted.#StopHazaraGenocide pic.twitter.com/PrSi9go1Pf

— Afghanistan Observer 🇦🇫 (@ObsAfghanistan) November 13, 2021

It was first believed that the Afghan journalist Hameed Saighani was among those who died in the explosion but sources have told Khaama press that Saighani was assassinated in the northern part of Kabul.

ISIS-K has claimed that they have planted bombs in a minivan that killed 20 people but the Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid had said the incident that killed a civilian and wounded three more happened after the car caught fire

The KHAAMA PRESS News Agency

The ISIS-K terror group has conducted several attacks in the country ever since the Taliban took control over Afghanistan on Aug 15.