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Blast in Kabul hits bus carrying Taliban adminration employees, injures seven

A blast hit a bus carrying Taliban adminration employees in the Afghan capital on Wednesday morning, police said, injuring seven people.
“Due to a blast on a mini bus from the Minry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development, seven have been injured,” said Khalid Zadran, Kabul’s police spokesperson, adding the explosion was caused a roadside mine.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the blast.
Several attacks have taken place in urban areas in recent months. Last month an attack gunmen on a vehicle in western Afghanan, which was claimed the Islamic State, killed five medical personnel employed Taliban security forces.
The Taliban say they are focused on securing the war-torn nation since they took over the country in 2021.
Though large-scale fighting has ended since foreign forces withdrew over a year ago, the United Nations has said security is deteriorating.

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