Relatives of blast victims gather outside the ‘Emergency’ hospital in Kabul on Wednesday. AFP

The Daesh group claimed responsibility for a minibus explosion in the Afghan capital late on Tuesday that killed at least seven people.

Twenty others were wounded in the attack in Kabul's western Shiite neighbourhood of Dashti Barchi, according to police spokesman Khalid Zadran.

The bombing was the second attack to have struck the area in as many weeks. Four people were killed and seven were wounded when an explosion hit a sports club in the neighbourhood on Oct.26. Daesh also claimed responsibility for that attack.

The Dashti Barchi area of Kabul has been repeatedly targeted by the Daesh group’s affiliate in Afghanistan. The group has carried out major assaults on schools, hospitals and mosques, and has also attacked other Shiite areas across the country.

The Daesh affiliate is mainly based in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province and has been a major rival of the Taliban since it seized control of Afghanistan in August 2021.

Associated Press