Sources from Mirwais Hospital in Kandahar province informed Afghanistan International that in an explosion on Friday in the first district of this city, at least 21 people had been killed, and 50 others got injured.
Taliban members from the group’s police command in Kandahar stated that the explosion took place in a heavily guarded area.
According to them, the suicide attacker passed through inspection checkpoints and detonated explosives among Taliban members who were queuing up to receive their salaries in front of the Kabul Bank.
This explosion occurred near the outpost of the Taliban police command in Kandahar.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Interior announced that in a suicide bombing in front of Kabul Bank in Kandahar, "several citizens" were killed and injured. So far, the ministry has refrained from disclosing any accurate casualty figures.
In a statement, it stated that the explosion was "carried out by Khawarij”. The Taliban usually refer to ISIS as "Khawarij."
Residents of Kandahar said that the explosion was extremely powerful and could be heard from afar.
The Taliban's police commander in Kandahar confirmed that three people had been killed and 12 others have been injured due to the explosion in the city's first security district.
Some Taliban members in Kandahar and witnesses have described the death toll due to the explosion as “high”. In fact, some members of the group at the Kandahar police command told Afghanistan International that the casualty figures are higher than those officially announced.
No group has claimed responsibility for the explosion yet.
Mirwais Hospital in Kandahar had also announced that the victims of this attack had been transferred there and needed blood donations.
