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 3rd 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 10th police district at around 8:07am.
Meanwhile, unidentified gunmen shot dead an employee of the Amiri Medical Complex in the 2nd 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.
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