A POLICEMAN inspects a van damaged by the blast. Reuters
KABUL: At least eight people were killed and nine others wounded on Thursday in two bomb blasts targeting minibuses in Kabul, according to police, in the latest attacks on commuters in the Afghan capital.
Two other buses were hit earlier this week, with fears rising that further unrest lies ahead as Washington withdraws its remaining troops in the coming months.
Police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz said the first explosion happened on a road in southwestern Kabul near a neighbourhood largely populated by the Hazara community, who have been the frequent target of militant attacks. Four people were killed in that blast, and four others wounded.
Bombs on buses the new trend in Afghanistan Two blasts have already killed 12 people and injured 10 03 June 2021 - 17:08 Agency Staff Afghan police officer inspects a damaged van after a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan June 3 2021. REUTERS/STRINGER
Kabul Militants in Afghanistan are adopting a new tactic to spread fear in the capital, Kabul, especially among the ethnic Hazara minority, planting bombs on crowded buses that have until now largely been spared such bloodshed.
Two blasts on buses in an area dominated by Shiite Muslim Hazaras killed at least 12 people and wounded 10 on Tuesday, raising fears in the community and alarming security officials who say such attacks are nearly impossible to stop.