KABUL: A bomb blast in a passenger van in Kabul on Saturday killed at least one person, officials said, in the second explosion in the Afghan capital in two days, as security concerns rise on the eve of the Muslim holiday of Eidul-Fitr.

“One woman was killed and three more injured,” KhalidZadran, a spokesman for Kabul’s commander, told Reuters.

A day earlier, an explosion killed more than 50 worshippersafter Friday prayers at a Kabul mosque amid a spate of mosque attacks during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

One witness to the passenger van blast, Ali Maisam, 19, whowas waiting outside a nearby bakery at the time, said he saw anumber of bodies.

“I saw people coming out of the minibus with bloody andburnt faces… I saw that four bodies were taken out and a woman was among the dead,” he said.

No-one has claimed responsibility for the blast, but mostprevious bombings have been claimed by an Afghan offshoot of the Islamic State militant group.

Blast kills more than 50 worshippers at Kabul mosque

Security concerns have risen across Afghanistan as thecountry prepares to mark Eid ul-Fitr on Sunday under Talibanrule for the first time in more than 20 years, after the groupwas removed from power following a U.S. invasion in 2001.

The Taliban retook power last August after foreign forcespulled out of the country.

Taliban authorities announced on Saturday that Eid would bemarked the following day, leading to raucous rounds ofcelebratory gunfire in the streets of Kabul late on Saturdaynight.

The authorities also moved to assuage people’s fears oversecurity ahead of Eid.

“We ensure our countrymen we will ensure security duringEid,” spokesman for Afghan interior ministry Abdul Nafee Takor said.