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2 killed, 24 injured as serial bomb blasts rock Kabul

<p><a href="/en/afganistan/kabul" class="glossify-link">KABUL</a> (Pajhwok): Two people were killed and 24 others injured including four security personnel and a journalist in three back to back bomb blasts in central capital Kabul on Sunday, an official said.</p>

<p>First blast</p>

<p>The first blast took place at around 8:00am targeting a vehicle of Ustad Rabani University, said Nasrat Rahimi, deputy spokesman for the Ministry of Interior (MoI).</p>

<p>He said a shopkeeper was killed and ten students of the university were injured in the blast. The explosives were planted on a bicycle.</p>

<p>Second and third blasts</p>

<p>The second blast happened nearly 20 minutes after the first blast and the third blast took place 15 minutes apart the second blast.</p>

<p>Rahimi said a journalist, three policemen and four personnel of the National Directorate of Security were wounded in the back to back explosions.</p>

<p>Wahidullah Mayar, spokesman for the Ministry of Public <a href="/en/health" class="glossify-link">Health</a>, had been shifted to hospitals.</p>

<p>According to a Pajhwok reporter, windowpanes of nearby houses and shops were shattered, a vehicle damaged while blood, books and pens of students were seen littered inside the bus.</p>

<p>Abdul Rahman, an eyewitness, said the first blast happened on students’ bus in which many students were injured.</p>

<p>There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing spree.</p>

<p>nh/ma</p>

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