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On X social media platform, he wrote that the explosion caused a fire in the parking lot of the shopping center.

Zadran added that three cars were destroyed as the result of the explosion.

He said that the investigation on how the incident occurred has begun.

The explosion took place on Wednesday in the commercial market located in the 13th police district of Kabul city.

In a statement on Wednesday, the Taliban's foreign ministry called on the world countries, human rights organisations and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to "prevent the repetition of Israel's terror as soon as possible and not just condemn it”.

The Taliban warned, "If this horror and barbarism is not stopped, it is possible that the situation in the region will deteriorate and open the way for reactions that are out of control and end up harming the entire region and the world."

The group also criticised the "overt support of some countries" for the Israeli government and said that "silence of others has enabled the continuation of atrocities and of terror" of Israel.

Also, in a statement referring to the attack on the al-Ahli Hospital, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) asked Islamic countries to support Palestine "without fear and danger" just like Western countries support Israel.

It added that these "inhumane bombings are a big slap in the face of the members of the United Nations" and powerful countries, proving that they "support the oppressor, but not the oppressed".

The group asked Islamic countries to "hold the hands of the Palestinians in action, as the Western countries support Israel without fear or danger", instead of protesting and issuing statements.

On Tuesday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that at least 500 people were killed in the Israeli airstrike on the al-Ahli Hospital.

The Israeli army has denied involvement in the attack and has held the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group responsible for it.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza has also denied Israel's claim.

This attack has been condemned by a number of countries and human rights organisations.

In addition to Bennett, Felipe González Morales, the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, and Reem Alsalem, the Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women and Children are signatories to the statement.

In their statement published on the website of the United Nations Human Rights Council, they stated, "We are also concerned by reports that Afghans living in Pakistan have been subjected to arrests, exploitation and undignified treatment since Pakistan announced its repatriation plans."

The statement also added that many Afghan immigrants in Pakistan have sought refuge in Pakistan due to serious human rights concerns, the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, and the imperative need to secure their lives.

Despite the concern of the United Nations and Pakistani and international human rights groups, the country’s government has announced that it will implement the plan to deport Afghan immigrants without legal documentation.

On Tuesday, the Pakistani military also said that it supports the deportation of Afghan migrants without legal documentation. Pakistani authorities have cited the alleged involvement of Afghan fighters in terrorist attacks within Pakistan as a justification for deporting these immigrants.

The Pakistani government have asked the immigrants to leave the country in less than two weeks.

The Taliban's Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation announced that more than 500 families of Afghan migrants returned to the country in just one day.

UN special rapporteurs have urged the international community and member states to continue to facilitate and support the safe resettlement of at-risk Afghans in other countries.

The ministry also said that 3,165 other immigrants have entered Afghanistan from Iran.

According to statements from the Taliban’s ministry, published on Tuesday, these immigrants entered Afghanistan via the Torkham and Islam Qala borders.

The Taliban said that the immigrants have been referred to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to receive assistance.

Over the past few months, the Taliban's Ministry of Refugees consistently reported both "voluntary and forced" returns of Afghan refugees from Iran and Pakistan.

Recently, the Iranian and Pakistani governments have intensified the arrest and deportation of Afghan immigrants.

The Pakistani government has given "illegal" immigrants a deadline of November 1 to leave the country. This decision has invoked the criticism of human rights organisations as well as the Taliban government.

Zakharova called the attack "inhumane, unjustifiable and an incident which caused instability in Afghanistan".

On Monday, in a statement quoting Maria Zakharova, the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry wrote that Russia strongly condemns the latest terrorist attack by the ISIS group against the Shiite minority in Afghanistan.

She urged the Taliban to identify and punish the organisers of this terrorist attack.

Zakharova also stressed on eradicating terrorism in Afghanistan.

On October 14, a suicide attack took place at the Imam Zaman Mosque in Pul-e-Khomri city of Baghlan province. According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, 17 people were killed and more than 50 people were injured in the attack. The Taliban, however, reported a death toll of seven individuals killed and 17 wounded.

ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, stating in a release that it resulted in the death of 50 Shiites and the injury of dozens of others.

During the past years, religious and cultural places and gatherings of Hazaras and Shiites have been attacked many times.

On Monday, Thomas West, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan, on social platform X wrote, “Afghanistan’s Shi’a community has suffered far too much from violent extremists.”

The United Nations Security Council and the European Union have also condemned the attack.