Kabul witnessed three explosions early on Saturday morning, police confirmed, adding that the blasts left one security personnel dead and four others wounded, including a civilian.
The first blast happened at around 6:30 am in Sarak-e-Naw area in Kabul’s PD5 (police district 5), Kabul police said in a statement.
The blast targeted a private vehicle in which one security force member was killed and two others, including a civilian, were wounded, police said.
The second blast happened in Hangarha Roundabout in Kabul’s PD15 at around 7:20 am, leaving two policemen wounded, police said.
According to the statement, the blast targeted a police vehicle.
The third explosion happened in the Company area in Kabul’s PD5 and had no casualties, according to the statement.
This comes following a sharp increase in IED blasts in Kabul that mostly target security forces vehicles.