{"id":15175,"date":"2026-01-20T00:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/?p=15175"},"modified":"2026-01-20T00:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T19:51:08","slug":"fresh-details-on-the-kabul-shahr-e-naw-explosion-initial-toll-reports-27-dead-and-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/fresh-details-on-the-kabul-shahr-e-naw-explosion-initial-toll-reports-27-dead-and-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Details on the Kabul Shahr-e-Naw Explosion: Initial Toll Reports 27 Dead and Injured."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Fresh Details on the Kabul Shahr-e-Naw Explosion: Initial Toll Reports 27 Dead and Injured.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fresh details have emerged regarding the explosion that occurred on Monday, 19 January 2026, in the Shahr-e-Naw area of Kabul.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0Preliminary figures indicate that at least seven people were killed and twenty others were injured in the incident.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kabul Emergency Hospital announced that 20 injured individuals were transferred to the facility, seven of whom had already died upon arrival.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hospital officials stated that the final casualty figures have not yet been confirmed, and the condition of several wounded individuals remains critical.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dejan Panik, one of the hospital\u2019s senior officials, said that four women and one child are among the injured.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He added that most of the victims suffered cuts and bruises, while some are currently under medical evaluation for possible surgery.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eyewitnesses told media outlets that the injured were in serious condition, and several were transported to hospitals with the assistance of local residents.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It has also been reported that a Toyota Corolla vehicle was completely destroyed as a result of the explosion.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abdul Mateen Qani, spokesperson for the Taliban\u2019s Ministry of Interior, confirmed the explosion in Shahr-e-Naw and said the incident resulted in casualties, adding that further details would be released later.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Local sources reported that the explosion occurred at the \u201cNoodle Afghan Restaurant,\u201d a venue that primarily served foreign nationals, particularly Chinese citizens.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Khalid Zadran, spokesperson for Kabul police, described the location as a hotel in Gul-Faroshi Alley and stated that investigations are ongoing. In contrast, Taliban-run National Radio and Television claimed that the blast was caused by a gas cylinder explosion.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fresh Details on the Kabul Shahr-e-Naw Explosion: Initial Toll Reports 27 Dead and Injured. Fresh details have emerged regarding the explosion that occurred on Monday, 19 January 2026, in the Shahr-e-Naw area of Kabul. \u00a0Preliminary figures indicate that at least seven people were killed and twenty others were injured in the incident. Kabul Emergency Hospital […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15189,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15175\/revisions\/15189"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}