The Islamic State group (IS) has claimed responsibility for a minibus explosion in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least seven people.
Afghan police reported that 20 more people were injured in an attack in the Shiite area of the Dashti Barchi, located west of Kabul. The Sunni militant group claimed its members detonated an explosive device on a bus carrying Shiite Muslims on Tuesday.
The blast was the second such attack in the area in recent weeks. Four people were killed and seven injured in an explosion at a sports club on October 26. IS claimed responsibility for that attack as well.
The Dashti Barchi area in Kabul has been repeatedly targeted by the IS affiliate in Afghanistan, including attacks on schools, hospitals and mosques. The group has also targeted other Shiite neighbourhoods across the country.
The IS affiliate is mainly based in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar and has been rivalling the Taliban since the Sunni group took control of Afghanistan in August 2021.
IS militants have struck Kabul, northern provinces and wherever Shiites, whom the IS considers apostates, live.
