Two blasts occurred in the capital city of Afghanistan on Tuesday, local media said. The first explosion occurred in front of the Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan hospital in Kabul.
Reportedly, the second explosion also occurred in an area close to the hospital.
Senior Taliban commander died in the hospital attack in Kabul on Tuesday. At least 19 people were killed and 50 wounded during the attack, news agency reported.
Taliban deputy spokesman Bilal Karimi told The Associated Press that the explosion in Kabul targeted civilians outside the hospital.
Meanwhile, there was no immediate claim of responsibility but Bakhtar news agency quoted witnesses saying a number of Islamic State fighters entered the hospital and clashed with security forces.
The attack on the 400-bed Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan hospital, the country’s biggest military hospital, was a complex operation involving suicide bombers and gunmen.
Talibani were Targeting hospital:
The assault on the hospital adds to a growing list of attacks and killings since the Taliban completed their victory over the former Afghan government in August, undermining their claim to have restored security to Afghanistan after decades of war.
The Taliban spent 20 years waging an insurgency against the US-backed Afghan government.
Now they face the struggle of bringing stability to Afghanistan, which has been hit in recent weeks by a series of bloody assaults claimed by IS-K.
The military hospital, which treats wounded soldiers from both the Taliban and former Afghan security forces, was previously attacked in 2017, when gunmen disguised as medical personnel killed at least 30 people in an hours-long siege.