Kabul checkpoint bomb blast kills, wounds several

KABUL, Afghanistan — A bomb exploded near a checkpoint at Kabul’s military airport Sunday morning killing and wounding “several” people, a Taliban official said, the first deadly blast of 2023 in Afghanistan.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but the regional affiliate of the Islamic State group — known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province — has increased its attacks since the Taliban takeover in 2021. Targets have included Taliban patrols and members of Afghanistan’s Shiite minority.

The military airport is around 200 meters (219 yards) from the civilian airport and close to the Interior Ministry, itself the site of a suicide bombing last October that killed at least four people.

Taliban fighters stand guard at the airport after the explosion.

A Taliban fighter stands guard in Kabul, Afghanistan.
The military airport is around 219 yards from the civilian airport and close to the Interior Ministry.


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Smoke billows from the Green Village, home to several international organizations and guesthouses, in Kabul.
The airport was the site of a suicide bombing last October that killed at least four people.


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Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor said the blast left several people dead and wounded. He gave no exact figures or further information about the bombing, saying details of an investigation will be shared later.

Although Taliban security forces prevented photography and filming directly at the blast site, the checkpoint appeared damaged but intact. It is on Airport Road, which leads to high-security neighborhoods housing government ministries, foreign embassies, and the presidential palace.

Taliban fighters were seen checking the site of an explosion, near the Interior Ministry.
Taliban fighters were seen checking the site of an explosion, near the Interior Ministry.

This picture taken on January 1, 2023 shows the site of an explosion.
Although Taliban security forces prevented filming directly at the blast site, the checkpoint appeared damaged but intact.


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A spokesman for the Kabul police chief, Khalid Zadran, was not immediately available for comment.

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