The blast took place around 6:55 am in the national capital’s PD12 when an Improvised Explosive Device targeted a police vehicle, a Kabul police statement said.

The deceased are yet to be identified.

No group, including the Taliban, has claimed responsibility for the blast so far. 

The blast took place a day after at least five people, including doctors, were killed and two others were wounded in a mine blast in Kabul. 

According to reports, Dr. Nazifa Ibrahimi, the acting head of the health directorate of the prisoners' affairs authority, was among the five killed in the attack.