29 people killed, injured in multiple explosions in Afghanistan

SANAA, March 21 (YPA) – At least six people were killed and  23 others injured in multiple explosions in Kabul on Thursday,  a spokesman for the Afghan Health Ministry said.

There were conflicting reports about what caused the blasts near the Karti Sakhi Shi’ite shrine and cemetery, in a heavily Shi’ite Muslim area in the western part of the Afghan capital.

Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said that mortar shells were fired as people gathered there to mark the holiday of Norouz, the pre-Islamic Persian New Year.

On the other side, the Independent Electoral Commission of Afghanistan announced the postponement of the presidential elections scheduled for July, to 28 next September.

E.M