{"id":11925,"date":"2026-05-02T09:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T09:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/02\/two-explosions-kabul-logar-taliban-security-concerns\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T09:36:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T09:36:02","slug":"two-explosions-kabul-logar-taliban-security-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/05\/02\/two-explosions-kabul-logar-taliban-security-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Separate Explosions Reported in Kabul and Logar Provinces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Local sources report two separate explosions in Kabul city and Logar province. According to these sources, on the morning of Saturday, 12th of Sowr, an explosion occurred at the Qala-e-Najjarha crossroads in the Kheyrkhana area of Kabul, targeting a checkpoint belonging to the Taliban administration.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the information provided, the incident took place around 8:30 AM as a result of an improvised bomb detonation. So far, no details about casualties or potential damages from this explosion have been released, and sources express no further knowledge regarding the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously, another source reported that last night an explosion occurred near the office building of the Taliban-appointed governor in Logar province. There are no precise details about the cause or consequences of this event.<\/p>\n<p>These incidents come amid recent reports of increased security incidents and civilian killings across various parts of the country. Despite the Taliban administration&#8217;s claims of providing nationwide security, the repetition of such events raises questions about the effectiveness of security measures and the administration\u2019s ability to protect citizens&#8217; lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two explosions targeted Taliban sites in Kabul and Logar, raising concerns about rising violence despite Taliban claims of security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-security-incidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}