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Bomb blast rocks Afghan capital Kabul in second attack in two days
- No militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred on a busy street in west Kabul, a predominantly Shia neighbourhood
- At least eight people were killed and 18 injured in a blast carried out by Islamic State on Friday
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A bomb blast rocked Afghanistan’s capital city Kabul on Saturday, eyewitnesses said, adding that many people were feared injured.
The blast on a busy shopping street in the western part of the city, a predominantly Shia neighbourhood, is the second attack in as many days.
Video footage posted online showed ambulances rushing to the scene which is also near bus stations. Other videos showed a passenger minivan whose windows had shattered and a crowd nearby in the Pul-e-Sukhta area of the city.
The attacks came as Shia Muslims, a religious minority in the country, are preparing for Ashura, which commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.
No militant group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
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