Kabul (Afghanistan)

Two persons were killed and twenty injured in yet another blast -this time at a mosque near the office of the Taliban-led Ministry of Interior (MoI) on Wednesday.

Taliban spokesperson Abdul Nafai Takor provided the information pertaining to the blast and added that an investigation is underway into the incident, reported Tolo News 

🔴Kabul: After a bomb attack in a mosque at the Interior Ministry, EMERGENCY NGO Surgical Centre has received 20 patients - 2 were already dead on arrival. This is the 2nd mass casualty the hospital has handled in recent days, and the 23rd of the year so far.#Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/Fw2lJUHZPZ

— EMERGENCY NGO (@emergency_ngo) October 5, 2022

Italian non-governmental organisation Emergency, which operates a hospital in Kabul, said it had received 20 patients “after a bomb attack in a mosque at the interior ministry”.

Earlier, on Monday, just days after the Kabul education centre blast killed over 40 people, an explosion occurred in the western part of the Afghan capital, targeting another Hazara-populated area.

The explosion occurred near the Pul-e-Sukhta area near the Shahid Mazari Road, The Khaama Press news agency reported. The blast happened in the west of Kabul's PD 6 at around 2:00 pm, the report added.

The blast that took place in the Shaheed Mazari area is reportedly a Hazara-populated area.

On Saturday, dozens of women from the minority Hazara community protested in Kabul against the terror attack at the Kaaj Educational Centre. The women protestors dressed in black chanted slogans against the genocide of minorities and demanded their rights, Pajhwok Afghan News reported.

This series of blasts come as the Taliban completed one year of its rule in Afghanistan following the ouster of the U.S.-backed civilian government last year. Rights groups said the Taliban had broken multiple pledges to respect human and women's rights.