Kabul: A blast was heard near the Russian Embassy in southwest Kabul city on Monday.
According to Khaama Press, the explosion occurred at around 11 am today on Darulaman Road near the Russian Embassy.
According to local media reports, Two Russian diplomats were among 20 people killed in the explosion outside the country’s embassy in the Afghan capital.
Meanwhile, the suicide bombing in Afghanistan’s Herat, which caused the death of twenty persons, has sparked strong reactions from across the globe.
According to a TOLO News report, the US special envoy for Afghanistan Thomas West, UNAMA, and the foreign ministries of Iran and Pakistan all denounced the incident and called for an end to the deadly attacks on places of worship in Afghanistan.
The US Special envoy for Afghanistan extended his condolences to the families of the victims who lost their lives or were hurt in the Herat Guzargah Mosque explosion. He also condemned the act of terrorism.
Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry also condemned the suicide bombing. Guzargah mosque in the city of Herat was bombed at around 12:40 pm (local time), Khaama Press reported, citing authorities run by the Taliban.
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said Mawlawi Mujib Rahman Ansari, the cleric who led the prayers, was killed in what he described as a cowardly attack carried out by the “enemies of religion.”
Mujahid said the Taliban would punish those responsible for the explosion. He did not blame any particular group but the Taliban have been fighting the Islamic State-Khorasan terror group, which has been targeting religious gatherings and patrols. The Khaama Press reported that the slain cleric was a hardliner who advocated for beheading rebels, stoning adulterers and chopping off the hands of thieves. Mujahid praised him as a courageous religious scholar.