The majority of the victims of the two explosions that targeted city buses in Kabul on Tuesday night were members of poor families.

Qurban Ali, 70, was a vendor in Kabul who was in one of the buses and was on his way home after a long day to win bread for his family.

Dahla Dam, a main irrigation source for surrounding areas in Kandahar, continues to remain under Taliban control for the past month.

The Dahla Dam is one of the main water sources providing water to agricultural land in seven districts in the province. But the Taliban's control of the dam has deprived farmers of irrigation water.