Afghan men walk past the blue dome of a mosque in the outskirts of Kabul on Aug 18, 2022. (WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)
KABUL – Eight persons were injured as a blast struck a minibus of government employees in Police district 5 of Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul on Wednesday, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said.
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"A roadside bomb targeted a minibus of employees of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development in Police District 5 Wednesday morning, and unfortunately injured eight persons," Zadran told Xinhua.
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All the injured persons were taken to hospital, the officer said without providing more details.
No group or individual claimed responsibility for the blast.