The Afghan police said at least eight people were killed and 18 maimed in the blast. ISIS said in a statement that 20 people were killed and injured in an attack launched in western Kabul.
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Video shared on social media purportedly of the blast site showed men rushing to help the injured after the incident.
A senior Taliban
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security official, who declined to be named, said primary investigations revealed that explosives were placed in a vegetable cart and the blast resulted in the wounding and killing of more than 50 people, including women and kiddies.
"There is a possibility that the corpse count will increase because most of the maimed people had critical wounds," he said.
ISIS has claimed recent attacks, mainly on the minority community.
The ISIS affiliate operating in Afghanistan since 2014 is seen as the country's most serious security challenge since the Taliban took control of the country in August last year.