No Casualties Following Explosion in Kabul, Says Taliban Police

Khalid Zadran, the Taliban’s spokesperson for the police command in Kabul, confirmed that an explosion took place on Friday evening in Kote Sangi area of the city.

Radio Television Afghanistan, controlled by the Taliban, quoted Zadran as saying, "A grenade was thrown into the water tank by unknown persons, which luckily did not cause any casualties."

On Friday evening, the Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) had announced that it had killed and wounded four Taliban members, including a commander of the group, in an attack in the 5th police district of Kabul.

The front said that the Taliban commander who was killed in the attack was Mohammad Younes Torabi and three of his men were wounded. The Taliban has not confirmed the death of these individuals in its announcement.

AFF also released a video on Friday that shows the moment of the attack on the Taliban vehicle.

Several local sources in Kabul reported three explosions in the 5th and 6th police districts of Kabul city on Friday evening during a call with Afghanistan International. AFF claimed responsibility for all three explosions, stating that it caused casualties to the Taliban in these attacks.

The Front, actively opposing the Taliban by mobilising security forces from the previous Afghan government, announced that it conducted six attacks on its targets across various provinces of Afghanistan on Friday and Thursday.

In the AFF statement, it has been mentioned that the front's guerrillas carried out attacks in the Jabul Saraj and Bagram district of Parwan, the Koh Band district of Kapisa, as well as the 5th and 6th police districts of Kabul, and Khwaja Ghar district of Takhar province.

According to the front’s claim, at least 14 Taliban members were killed and 12 other members of the group were injured in six guerrilla operations.

The Taliban has not yet confirmed the casualties.