<p>Several people were killed in a blast in Afghan capital Kabul's Shahr-e-Naw area, the Taliban interior ministry said on Monday.</p><p>"According to preliminary reports, a number of people were killed and injured," Interior Ministry spokesperson Abdul Mateen Qani told Reuters, adding that details would be released later.</p> .Fresh landmine blasts along LoC as forest fire rages for second day in J&K's Poonch.<p>Kabul police spokesperson Khalid Zadran said the blast targeted a hotel in the commercial Shahr-e-Naw neighbourhood that includes large office buildings, shopping complexes and embassies.</p><p>The Shahr-e-Naw area is home to foreigners and is considered one of the most secure areas in Kabul. No group has claimed responsibility for the blast.</p><p>The Taliban took control of the war-torn country in 2021 and said it would restore security, but attacks have continued, many of them claimed by the local arm of the militant Islamic State group.</p>
<p>Several people were killed in a blast in Afghan capital Kabul's Shahr-e-Naw area, the Taliban interior ministry said on Monday.</p><p>"According to preliminary reports, a number of people were killed and injured," Interior Ministry spokesperson Abdul Mateen Qani told Reuters, adding that details would be released later.</p> .Fresh landmine blasts along LoC as forest fire rages for second day in J&K's Poonch.<p>Kabul police spokesperson Khalid Zadran said the blast targeted a hotel in the commercial Shahr-e-Naw neighbourhood that includes large office buildings, shopping complexes and embassies.</p><p>The Shahr-e-Naw area is home to foreigners and is considered one of the most secure areas in Kabul. No group has claimed responsibility for the blast.</p><p>The Taliban took control of the war-torn country in 2021 and said it would restore security, but attacks have continued, many of them claimed by the local arm of the militant Islamic State group.</p>