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Two gunmen were reportedly in on the loose in an affluent part of Kabul. No one has claimed the attack yet, but it comes as tensions between the government and Taliban rise.
Three people have died following an explosion in the green zone of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul.
While no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, it comes as the Taliban increases its offensives against the US backed government across the country.
In one corner the site of a terrorist attack and on the other people marching and chanting Alla O Akbar in support of Afghan Security forces. #Kabul pic.twitter.com/T1zyR1Vl17
— Ahmad Mukhtar (@AhMukhtar) August 3, 2021
A security official told Reuters the blast seemed to have come from a car bomb.
They added that two gunmen were still active in the area and fighting Afghan security forces.
A spokesman for the interior ministry said the blast happened in the affluent Sherpur neighbourhood, home to several members of the government, and deep within the “secure” section of the capital known as the green zone.
The spokesman added that it appeared acting Defence Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi was targeted in the attack, was targeted, although the politician’s party said he was not present when the explosion detonated.
Elsewhere in Afghanistan, all but one district of the capital of Helmand province have reportedly fallen to the Taliban.
#Kabul: Two hours after the car bomb explosion outside the acting defense minister's house in #Sherpur in Kabul city,gunfire & explosions can still be heard
Multiple explosions,gunshots, rocket fires, suicide bombings reported in #Kabul continuously #Afghanistan #BreakingNews pic.twitter.com/G83zOEU38D
— ? Sarwar ? (@ferozwala) August 3, 2021
Fighting in Lashkar Gah has intensified, with elite Afghan commandos sent in by the government.
However, the regime’s commander for the province, General Sami Sadat, has told residents: “Please evacuate your families from your homes and their surroundings.
“We will not leave the Taliban alive… I know it’s hard… we do it for your future. Forgive us if you get displaced for few days, please evacuate as soon as possible.”
Thousands of Kabul residents took to the streets, stood on their roofs and hung out windows at 9pm tonight, and chanted Allahu Akbar (God is Great) in support of the Afghan security forces who are battling the Taliban on countless fronts across the country
#Afghanistan #Kabul pic.twitter.com/IgLhLyOI2A— RawNews1st?? (@Raw_News1st) August 3, 2021
It is going on…
God is great, ANDSF are right! pic.twitter.com/Lq6VKAChh9— Fawad Aman (@FawadAman2) August 3, 2021
Clashes between Afghan forces and the Taliban have intensified across the country since early May, with the Taliban capitalising on the final stages of the withdrawal of the US-led foreign forces after almost 20 years in the country.
The Taliban has gained control over checkpoints, trading posts and infrastructure projects.
Bays said Defence Minister Mohammadi, the apparent target of the attack, had only recently assumed his post and that he was a veteran commander and a former army chief of staff.
“His time as a commander goes way back before the last 20 years when international forces arrived in Afghanistan. He was a commander with Ahmad Shah Massoud fighting the Taliban in the 1990s and before that, he was a Mujahideen commander fighting the Soviet Union.”
