Fifteen cadets were killed when the bus they were traveling in was targeted in a suicide bombing in Kabul on Saturday afternoon.

The explosion happened in PD5 district of Kabul city at about 3.30pm on Saturday afternoon.

Substantial damage was sustained to the Imam Zaman mosque in Dasht-e-Barchi in Kabul city and many religious books and the Holy Quran were destroyed in Friday’s suicide bombing which killed over 50 worshippers.

The attack, which Daesh claimed responsibility for, happened on Friday while dozens of people were at the mosque for evening prayers.