Two blasts on buses in an area dominated by Shi'ite Muslim Hazaras killed at least 12 people and wounded 10 on Tuesday in Kabul.
Militants in Afghanistan are adopting a new tactic to spread fear in the capital especially among the ethnic Hazara minority, planting bombs on crowded buses that have until now largely been spared such bloodshed.
"Our schools, worship sites, education centres, wedding halls have been attacked by Daesh in the past and now it's the buses," shopkeeper Ahmad Ehsan said, referring to the Islamic State militant group, which claimed responsibility for the attacks.Hazaras have long been targeted by Sunni militant groups such as the Taliban and Islamic State.
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