Afghan security forces inspect at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan September 5, 2016.
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A twin blast Monday in front of defense ministry killed 24 people, including a number of security officials, and injured more then 90 people.
Explosions and gunfire rocked the campus in that attack, which came just weeks after two university professors – an American and an Australian – were kidnapped at gunpoint near the school.
The attacks come 11 days after at least 13 people, including seven students, were killed as gunmen stormed the American University in Kabul.
Security forces appear to have borne a significant portion of the casualties in the attacks, with one of the city’s district police chiefs reported among the slain in the bombings.
The bombs struck just as employees from the government buildings in the area were getting off work in this busy commercial district filled with street vendors and home to a famous Shiite shrine that itself was attacked several years earlier.
Interior Ministry Spokesman Sediq Sediqi told local media that an explosive device went off at a police district, and as police rushed to the scene a suicide bomber blew himself up killing and injuring many who were nearby.
Public Health Ministry spokesman Ismail Kawasi says another 91 people were wounded in Monday’s attack, which was claimed by the Taliban.
The death toll had risen considerably overnight. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.
Explosions rang out Tuesday during an hours-long attack on an global charity in Kabul, the latest assault in a wave of violence in the Afghan capital that has killed at least 24 people and wounded dozens.
“When people gathered around to help the wounded, a second explosion went off, targeting them”.
“The enemies of Afghanistan have lost their ability to fight the security and defence forces of the country”, he said.
No militant group has so far claimed responsibility for the raid on the charity, but it comes as the Taliban ramp up their nationwide offensive against the US-backed government.
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Government leaders have been preparing for a conference in Brussels next month regarding Afghan security forces’ inability to combat increasing Taliban violence.
