At least ten dead and eight injured after an explosion at the Kabul airport, Afghanistan

MADRID, 1 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

At least ten dead and eight injured after an explosion early in the morning near the main gate of the Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan, without the authorship of the attack having been claimed for the moment.

A spokesman for the Interior portfolio of the authorities set up by the Taliban in Afghanistan, Abdul Nafay Takoor, has reported the explosion, which occurred around 8:00 in the morning (local time), according to the news agency. khaama.

At the moment there is no claim of responsibility for the attack, although similar explosions in the capital are usually carried out by the jihadist group Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), which considers the Taliban traitors to the 'sharia' orthodoxy. ' or Islamic law and defend a much harsher interpretation.

In fact, the jihadist group claimed responsibility for an attack carried out on December 12 against a hotel in the Afghan capital, Kabul, in which at least 30 people were killed or injured. The attack was condemned by the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres.