The blast outside Taliban-led Afghan Foreign Ministry that killed close to 6 people and injured many others has received widespread reactions including some from humanitarian organisations.
The suicide attack near a checkpoint on the Foreign Ministry's road, killed at least six, and injured several others including three Islamic Emirate forces.
The heavy blast that killed at least 6 near Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry in Kabul on Monday was planned and executed by the Islamic State, Reuters News Agency reported.
Speaking to VOA, a local police spokesman, Mohammad Asif Waziri said that the blast had targeted a ceremony honouring the Afghan media in the provincial capital, Mazar-i-Sharif.
In a statement, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said expressed its condolences to the affected families and said that violence is not part of any solution to bring lasting peace to Afghanistan.
These blasts come only three days after at least 10 people were killed and eight others seriously injured in an explosion that rocked the Kabul military airport on Sunday, Khaama Press reported.
At least 10 people were killed and eight others seriously injured in an explosion that rocked the Kabul military airport on Sunday, Khaama Press reported citing the Taliban Interior Ministry spokesperson.
Without providing more details, the official added that an investigation had been initiated into the incident. The Tolonews reported that the blast occurred next to a private health center named Qataghan hospital.
Last week, the UN Security Council (UNSC) condemned the attack on a religious school in Afghanistan that resulted in the killing of at least 20 students and wounding dozens of others.