<br /> <p>At least nine people were killed and seven others wounded in a suicide blast in a Shia area of Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 9, according to officials cited in local news reports</a>.</p><p>TOLO News reported</a> that the explosion happened in Kabul’s PD6, close to a ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the death of Abdul Ali Mazari, the former leader of the Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan, who was killed by the Taliban in 1995.</p><p>Radio Free Europe reported that Islamic State militants claimed responsibility for the attack in an online statement that said a Shia gathering was the target. This footage is described as showing Afghan security forces cleaning up after the blast. Credit: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty via Storyful</p><br />
