Kabul explosion causes a dozen casualties

KABUL (Pajhwok): A bomb explosion in Kabul’s Cinema Pamir area has caused casualties to 11 people, says the Ministry of Interior (MoI).

The blast took place around 2:00pm on Wednesday in a market of used-clothes near Cinema Pamir of the first police district.

Mufti Abdul Mateen Qane, spokesman for MoI, told Pajhwok Afghan News: “Unfortunately, the blast caused casualties to 11 civilians, with one possibly martyred.”

The Emergency Hospital wrote on its X handle: “At least 11 injured people were evacuated from the blast  site, including a 3-year old girl, a 4-year old boy, 2 women and 7 men, with one of the injured in critical condition.”

Cinema Pamir area is one of the most crowded areas of the capital.

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