Explosion In Kabul Kills Two People Inside Car, Injures One

Taliban spokesman Khalid Zadran said that the explosion occurred in the Afghan capital’s Darul Aman district and an investigation had been launched. (file photo)

An explosion in Kabul on August 21 killed two people inside a vehicle and injured a passenger, the security command of the Taliban-led government said. Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the security command, told the Taliban-controlled Bakhtar news agency that the explosion occurred in the Afghan capital’s Darul Aman district and was caused by a sticky bomb. An investigation into the incident has begun, Zadran said without providing further details. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the blast. To read the original story by RFE/RL’s Afghan Service, click here.