University teacher killed in Kabul explosion

KABUL (Pajhwok): One individual was killed as two explosions jolted Kabul on Thursday, an official said.

Police spokesman Firdos Faramarz told Pajhwok Afghan News a magnetic bomb hit a Corolla-type vehicle in the Aliabad Hospital street in the 3^rd police district at around 11:25am.

Without giving the victim’s identity,, Faramarz said one person was killed in the explosion.

But social media reported Mubashir Muslim, — a teacher of the Sharia faculty of Kabul university, — was killed in the bombing.

In a statement, the Ministry of Higher Education said the cell phone of Mubashir was off and that it was trying to contact his family.

According to the police spokesman, a second bomb blast hit a pick-up in limits of the 10^th police district at around 8:07am.

Meanwhile, unidentified gunmen shot dead an employee of the Amiri Medical Complex in the 2^nd police district of Kabul in the morning.

There were no claims of responsibility for the incidents, which occurred amid soaring violence in the nation’s capital.

sa/mud

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