Two powerful explosions and the sound of gunfire were heard close to the Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan military hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul. Victims were shifted to emergency hospitals. According to local sources, an armed group belonging to the terrorist organization ISIS entered the hospital after the explosion and clashed with Taliban security officials. A Taliban security official said a total of 15 people were killed and 34 injured in the clash. Qari Saeed Khosty, spokesperson of the Taliban government’s Ministry of Interior, stated that security forces were sent to the scene.

The cause of explosions and casualties are not yet known.