The group initially launched their attack in the capital by detonating an Improvised Explosive Device close to the Ministry of Defense compound and targeted the crowd minutes of the first blast.
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The police have confirmed that at least one civilian was killed and six were wounded in the attack.
A spokeswoman for Care based in the United Kingdom said that its compound was damaged but all staff were safe and accounted for.
At least one person died in the assault on a charity called Pamlarena, which means care in Pashto, but it was unclear if the target was the global charity CARE. “42 people who were trapped were evacuated by the security forces”.
The attack on Pamlarena’s offices started several hours after a double suicide bombing near the Afghan defence ministry killed at least 35 people and wounded more than 100 others.
All attackers were killed.
The Taliban immediately claimed responsibility for the latest attack, where one of its suicide bombers donated suicide vests caught soldiers and civilians rushing to help victims of the first explosion.
Another official said that the deputy head of President Ashraf Ghani’s personal protection force was among those killed.
Afghan security personnel keep watches near the site of an attack on a charity in central at the Shar-e-Naw in Kabul on September 6, 2016.
Security forces rushed to the scene after an initial explosion at the end of office hours. Shortly after the attack, Daesh claimed responsibility for the bombing.
“[Monday’s] bad attacks showed we still have to work to go after those entities on the ground, Taliban and others, and rule them out if they are going to continue to carry out those kinds of attacks”, State Department spokesman Mark Toner said.
Kabul traffic was blocked in several parts of the city and schools in the area were closed.
“In fact, repeated terrorist attacks in Kabul have caused a kind of psychological problems among people, security situation is deteriorated, economic activities have been undermined due to increasing security incidents and even food security has been affected”, a political analyst Assadullah Walwalji told local media on Tuesday.
Four bombing attacks have occurred in Kabul in the last two days killing dozens of civilians.
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Outside Kabul, the insurgents have stepped up their military campaign, threatening towns including Lashkar Gah, capital of the strategic southern province of Helmand, as well as Kunduz, the northern city they briefly took a year ago.
