The ministry of interior said early Tuesday that the target of Monday night’s bombing in Kabul city appears to have been a charity by the name of CARE (Pamlarana).
MoI spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said the organization was targeted in a bombing and attackers then entered the building in Shar-e-Naw.
He said security forces are combing the building for the gunmen but that it is not known how many there are.
Sediqqi added that at least one civilian was killed and one other wounded. However, there were no details on how many people are inside the Pamlarana building.
The attack started off with a heavy explosion, thought to have been a car bomb, at 11pm on Monday night.
Sporadic gunfire has been heard throughout the night.
Reports indicate that most roads into the city center are closed off to the public.
Buildings in the surrounding area have reportedly suffered heavy damages.
This explosion rocked the city just after 11pm – which was the third such explosion in the capital Monday.
At about 2.30pm on Monday afternoon twin explosions outside the Ministry of Defense killed over 30 people and wounded dozens more.
In this incident, the first blast took place at the gate of the ministry followed by a suicide bomber who targeted the first responders to the scene of the initial explosion.
A number of high ranking police and military officials were killed including the police chief for PD2 and his deputy.http://www.tolonews.com/en/afghanistan/27117-moi-says-target-of-kabul-city-attack-was-a-charity
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