Two persons were killed and nine others were injured as a blast hit the Police District 18 of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, on Thursday evening, Kabul police spokesperson Khalid Zadran said.
The blast took place in a market and police have initiated an investigation to determine the reason for the blast, the official said, without providing more details.
Locals said that the blast occurred at around 7:30 p.m. local time in the Dasht-e-Barchi area, inflicting casualties.
Source(s): Xinhua News Agency