Several people were killed or wounded in a blast at a hotel in a heavily guarded part of central Kabul on Monday, officials said.
"According to preliminary reports, a number of people were killed and injured," Afghanistan's Interior Ministry spokesperson Abdul Mateen Qani told Reuters.
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.
The area is considered one of the safest parts of Kabul.
No group has yet claimed responsibility
No group has claimed responsibility for the blast.
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 Islamic State - Khorasan Province (ISKP), the local arm of the Islamic State terror group.
In January 2023, a suicide bomber detonated explosives outside the Foreign Ministry in Kabul, killing at least 20. ISKP later claimed responsibility for the attack.
A similar ISKP attack occurred in October 2023, when the terror group set off a blast in a Kabul sports club, killing at least four.
In December 2024, a suicide bombing outside the Refugee Ministry killed minister Khalil Haqqani and six others as Haqqani was leaving his offices. ISKP also claimed responsibility for this attack.