Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register KABUL, April 30 (Reuters) – A car bomb blast in Kabul on Saturday killed at least one person, officials said, in the second blast in the Afghan capital in two days as security concerns escalated on Muslim’s stay. holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack on Saturday, according to the organisation’s telegram channel. “One woman was killed and three others were injured,” Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the Kabul governor, told Reuters. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register A day earlier, an explosion killed more than 50 worshipers after Friday prayers at a mosque in Kabul amid a series of attacks on mosques during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. read more A witness to the blast of the passenger van, Ali Maisam, 19, who was waiting outside a nearby bakery at the time, said he saw many bodies. “I saw people getting out of the minibus with bloodied and burnt faces … I saw that four bodies came out and a woman was among the dead,” he said. Security concerns have risen across Afghanistan as the country prepares to celebrate Eid al-Fitr on Sunday under Taliban rule for the first time in more than 20 years, following the ouster of the group after an invasion. of the USA in 2001. The Taliban took power last August following the withdrawal of foreign forces from the country, and Afghanistan has since struggled with increasing attacks by Islamic State. Taliban officials announced on Saturday that Eid would be celebrated the next day, leading to stormy festive shootings in the streets of Kabul late Saturday night. Authorities also stepped in to allay public fears about Eid al-Adha. “We assure our compatriots that we will ensure security during Eid,” said Abdul Nafee Takor, a spokesman for the Afghan Interior Ministry. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Report from the Kabul newsroom. Written by Gibran Peshimam and Enas Alashray. Editing by Hugh Lawson and Nick Zieminski Our role models: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
