A series of blasts in Kabul today killed at least six people at a funeral for one of the victims of clashes between police and protesters a day before.
The explosions continued a wave of violence in the capital since a devastating truck bomb on Wednesday and prompted a renewed appeal for calm from the United Nations special envoy to Afghanistan.
Protesters demanding the resignation of the Afghan government after this week's truck bomb clashed with riot police in the capital yesterday in a confrontation that resulted in at least four dead.
Wednesday's bomb attack, at the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, was one of the worst in Kabul since the US-led campaign to topple the Taliban in 2001.
UN envoy Tadamichi Yamamoto issued a statement calling for "urgent measures to halt the cycle of violence".
"Calm is now called for. Ensuring security in Kabul is an urgent priority, as this city continues to experience the highest number of civilian casualties," he said.
The interior ministry said there were six dead and 87 wounded from today's blasts.
Yesterday, more than 1,000 demonstrators, many carrying pictures of bomb victims, had rallied near the site of the blast, which killed more than 80 people and wounded 460.
They held President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah responsible.
Riot police used water cannon and tear gas to block protesters from reaching the road leading to the presidential palace.
There were regular bursts of gunfire as they shot over the heads of the crowd, many of whom threw stones at security forces.
There was five deaths during the clashes which broke out yesterday.
