Six dead, 10 injured in a blast near Mosque in Kabul

A blast was reported from Dasht-e-Barchi area in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday evening. Six people were killed and 10 others injured in the explosion.

Reports say that the explosion took place near the al-Zahra mosque around 9 pm local time.

The mosques are usually crowded in the evenings in the wake of Ramzan. The attackers chose Mosque as a target to inflict maximum damage.

On May 31, a massive blast tore through the diplomatic quarter of the Afghan capital killing at least 80 people and wounding more than 460.

Earlier in May, security agencies had warned that Taliban insurgents and regional affiliates of the Islamic State were planning to attack high-profile targets in the city.

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