At least two civilians were killed and 12 others were injured in a grenade blast in PD 18 of Kabul today, a spokesman for the Kabul security department, Khalid Zadran said.

He said that an investigation is underway to arrest the perpetrator.

Kabul-based Emergency NGO– a humanitarian health organization- said that “the number of patients that our Surgical Centre received following “the explosion in Kabul PD18 has risen to 13, including 6 women, 4 men, a 17-year-old boy and 2 children.”

Meanwhile, sources in Mazar-e-Sharif said that an explosion took place this afternoon (Thursday) in the city.

The explosion took place around 3:00 PM in PD4 of Mazar-e-Sharif, sources said.

So far, there are no details about possible casualties or the cause of this explosion, and local officials have not yet made comments on it.

No one has claimed responsibility for either of the blasts.