Kabul’s EMERGENCY Hospital says 11 people who were injured in an explosion in Kabul were brought to their Surgical Centre in the city on Wednesday afternoon.

Emergency Hospital officials said in a post on X that the explosion occurred at around 14:00 local time at a second-hand clothing market in the busy Pamir Cinema district (PD1).

“So far, we have received 11 wounded people at the hospital. Among them are a three-year-old girl, a four-year-old boy, a sixteen-year-old boy, two women and six men, one of whom is in critical condition,” explained Stefano Gennaro Smirnov, EMERGENCY’s Deputy Country Director in Afghanistan.

“The explosion took place at a second-hand clothes market when it opened and people crowded to get in. This is the Pamir Cinema neighborhood, one of the most densely populated in Kabul. Many of those affected by this attack will be living in conditions of severe poverty,” he said.

Khalilah Ali, the second wife of the late boxing great Mohammad Ali is scheduled to arrive in Afghanistan on Thursday, October 24, for a meeting with the country’s sports department officials.

Khalilah Ali married Mohammad Ali in 1967, before the two divorced in 1977.

Muhammad Ali was a boxer, philanthropist, and social activist who is universally regarded as one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century.

He became an Olympic gold medalist in 1960 and the world heavyweight boxing champion in 1964.

Following his suspension for refusing military service in the Vietnam War, Ali reclaimed the heavyweight title two more times during the 1970s, winning famed bouts against Joe Frazier and George Foreman along the way.

Ali retired from boxing in 1981 and devoted much of his time after to philanthropy. He died in 2016 at the age of 74.

The General Directorate of Physical Education and Sport of Afghanistan on Wednesday announced that Khalilah Ali “is traveling to Kabul to build a sports stadium”.

According to the directorate she wants to name the stadium victory.

The Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs (MoHRA) says a delegation of religious scholars from Uzbekistan arrived in Kabul on Wednesday at the official invitation of Noor Mohammad Saqib, the acting minister.

The ministry said in a statement that the delegation will discuss strengthening bilateral relations and cooperation with the authorities of the Islamic Emirate in separate meetings.

The statement added that the delegation will also discuss cooperation and exchange of experiences in the affairs of mosques and madrassas to improve religious issues and Islamic education and develop relations between scholars of the two countries.

The delegation will also visit historical and well known landmarks in Afghanistan.