According to the preliminary data by the state’s Interior Ministry the explosive device had been placed in a vehicle used to transport water. Daesh terrorist group claimed responsibility for the explosion.
"While Afghan authorities carry out the sad, but all too familiar work of healing the wounded, restoring calm, and repairing the damage, the Trump administration still has no strategy to wind down the conflict in Afghanistan," Engel stated.
Engel also cautioned Trump against carrying out any rash response to the attack.
"Donald Trump might like the feeling of dropping the Mother of All Bombs, but it won't bring stability and it isn't a plan to prevent future attacks. Rather, we need to train Afghan security forces and promote a political solution to bring an end to the violence," Engel said.
Meanwhile, the NATO-led Resolute Support (RS) mission announced that 13 officers of the Afghan National Police (ANP) died in the terrorist attack in Kabul.
