2 killed, 5 wounded as series of blasts rock Kabul

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Jamiat-i-Islah party head was among two people killed in a series of blasts that injured five others in different parts of Kabul on Tuesday.

The first blast injured two people while targeting a vehicle of the counter-narcotics department in Joy Shir area of the 2^nd police district.

Police spokesman FirdosFaramarz said the blast took place at around 7:35am. He said two individual were injured and evacuated to hospital.

A security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Pajhwok the vehicle belonged to the Ministry of Interior’s counter-narcotics department.

Meanwhile, two people were killed and two others wounded in another explosion in SaleemKarwan area of the 4^th police district.

Without elaborating, Faramarz said two people were killed in the blast.

But a source in Jamiat-i-Islah party told Pajhwok that Dr. Mohammad Atif ,head of the association, was among the dead.

A police official, who declined to be named, said the victims of the second blast were civilians.

A third blast happened in ArzanQimat area in limits of the 12^th police district. However, information about casualties was not immediately available.

The fourth blast injured one individual in Nawabad area of 3^rd police district. The blast hit a corolla vehicle at around 10:27am.

There were no immediate claims of responsibility for the bombings in the nation’s capital.

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