Bomb attack hits mosque compound near Afghan capital’s Green Zone

A bomb attack has targeted a mosque compound near a fortified diplomatic district in Kabul, injuring at least three people.

Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Tareq Arian said that the bomb attack was carried out at the entrance of a popular mosque located on the edge of the Green Zone on Tuesday.

“A bomber blew himself up inside a washroom at Wazir Akbar Khan Mosque. Initial reports show three people wounded,” Arian said.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

Late on Monday, seven civilians in the northern province of Kunduz were killed by a roadside bomb blast that authorities blamed on the Taliban militant group. A bombing attack by the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group also killed a journalist and a technician of a local TV station in Afghanistan’s capital on Saturday.

The attacks come shortly after a three-day ceasefire offered by the Taliban militant group to the Afghan government ended last Tuesday.

Violence has surged despite a deal between the Taliban and the United States in February, which paves the way for the withdrawal of all foreign forces by May next year.

The United States and its allies invaded Afghanistan in October 2001 as part of the so-called war on terror. While the invasion ended the Taliban’s rule in the country, it has failed to eliminate the militant group.