A blast occurred near the gate of Istiqlal Hall in Kabul, an eyewitness said, adding that it happened while the participants of a ceremony marking the death anniversary of the Islamic Emirate’s former leader, Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, were coming out of the hall.  

Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the Kabul department of security said one person was wounded as a result of the blast.  

However, the eyewitness said the blast inflicted casualties on some people.  

The blast has yet to be confirmed by officials.  

Senior members of the Islamic Emirate attended the gathering at the hall held to mark the anniversary of the death of Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, the former Islamic Emirate leader.