A car bomb has exploded near the entrance to Kabul airport on Monday, August 10, causing casualties among both civilians and security forces.
At least four have been confirmed dead in the bomb blast
According to officials, this comes days after a series of suicide attacks in the Afghan capital which have killed dozens and wounded hundreds.
A security official at the scene said the suicide attack appeared to be aimed at two armoured cars, although it was not clear who was in the vehicles.
Dozens of fire fighters and policemen attended the scene where the tangled, flaming wreckage of one of the cars lay on its side.
A series of attacks in Kabul have left hundreds dead in the past few days. Photo: Reuters
At least 15 people were severely injured from the car bomb attack along Kabul airport road. Photo: Reuters
Najib Danish, a spokesman for the interior ministry, said: “It was a crowded area. There are both civilian and security forces casualties.”
He said the wounded had been taken to hospital but there was no word on fatalities.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility by any of the terrorist groups.
Kabul was said to already be on high alert following last week’s attacks which left at least 50 civilians and security forces personnel dead in the worst violence seen in the city in years.
It is speculated that a change of leadership in the Afghan Taliban may have triggered the wave of violence. It comes a couple of weeks after the official announcement of Mullah Mohammad Omar’s death.
There is speculation that the appointment of the new Taliban head, Mullah Mansour, is the cause of the attacks.
Late last month, Mullah Omar was pronounced dead after rumours of his death over a year ago. Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansour is said to have been named the new leader.
However, the swift appointment of Mullah Mansour by a small council of leaders in the Pakistani city of Quetta has angered others in the group, causing rifts within the movement and adding to the speculation that the latest wave of violence is linked to the leadership dispute.
The US-led military intervention in 2001 toppled the Taliban hard-line Islamist regime, and that rule is what they are seeking to re-establish.
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