Women, children injured in explosion targeting bus in Afghanistan's Parwan

Afghanistan is witnessing a surge in violence amid the withdrawal of US troops from the region to end the decades-long war.

At least 11 people, including women and children, have been wounded in an explosion targeting a bus in the city of Charikar, in Afghanistan's Parwan province on Sunday afternoon, reported news agency ANI.

Afghan security forces inspect the wreckage of a passenger van after a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Reuters / Representative Image)

No terror group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet and the number of fatalities, if any, has not been confirmed.

Afghanistan is witnessing a surge in violence amid the withdrawal of US troops from the region to end the decades-long war. While relevant stakeholders, including the Taliban and the Afghan government, are still holding talks in Doha to arrive at a peace deal, the frequent attacks continue to claim innocent lives in the war-torn region.

(This is a developing story...)