An explosion targeted a bus on Tuesday evening near the Ahlolbait Mosque in the Sar-e-Karez area of PD3 in Kabul city, and was followed by another later in the evening. 

A security source told TOLOnews that at least 8 people were killed and 14 were wounded in the two blasts.

Information gathered by TOLOnews indicates that at least 624 people--302 civilians and 322 security force members--in various regions of the country were killed in blasts, fighting and targeted killing in the month of May, and 710 others were wounded during this period.

Over the past month, several provinces across the country saw fierce fighting between the Afghan security forces and the Taliban, and the center of at least four districts in Baghlan, Laghman and Maidan Wardak provinces fell to the Taliban.