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Wednesday, August 15, 2018
At least 25 killed in suicide bombing in Shiite area in Kabul
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleKABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman says the death toll from a suicide bombing that targeted a Shiite neighborhood in Kabul has risen to 25.
The spokesman, Najib Danish, says at least 35 people were also wounded in the attack on Wednesday afternoon. He says the casualty tolls could rise further.
Afghan officials say the bomber targeted a private building in the Shiite neighborhood of Dasht-i Barcha where a group of young men and women, all high school graduates, were studying for university entrance exams.
The explosion initially set off gunfire from Afghan guards in the area, leading to assumptions that there were more attackers but all indications were that only one bomber was involved.
Jawad Ghawari, a member of the city’s Shiite clerical council, blames the Islamic State jihadist group for the attack, which carried all the hallmarks of past IS attacks that have hit Shiites mosques, schools and cultural centers.
He says that in past two years, there were at least 13 attacks on the Shiite community in Kabul alone.
— AP
عکسهایی که در رسانههای اجتماعی نشر شده اند نشان میدهند که این انفجار در داخل صنف درسی مرکز آموزشی موعود در دشت برچی کابل رخ داده. مقامها در این باره تاکنون جزئیات را به دست نداده اند. وزارت صحت عامه تأیید میکند در این انفجار نُه تن جان باختند و ۱۱ تن دیگر زخم برداشته اند. pic.twitter.com/U9TGqjDysu
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