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Car bomb detonated outside acting defense minister’s home in Kabul
Militants targeted the acting minister of defense, Bismillah Mohammadi’s house in the center of Kabul on Tuesday evening after detonating an explosives-laden car.
The explosion in Sherpur area, in PD10, ripped through the city at about 8pm.
According to officials, after the explosion, assailants stormed Mohammadi’s house. They said Mohammadi was safe but there were casualties among his bodyguards.
However, details have not yet been released.
Meanwhile, sources told Ariana News that at least ten people were wounded in the explosion and had been taken to hospital.
Security forces have been deployed in the area and are reportedly still engaged in a gun battle with the assailants.
No group has immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
Former vice-president Younus Qanuni meanwhile said in a voice message that Mohammadi was not at home at the time of the attack and “his family members were evacuated from the attack scene.”
