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2022-08-06 Afghanistan

Blast in Kabul, Afghanistan kills 8; Daesh claims responsibility

[GEOTV] ISIS on Friday grabbed credit for a deadly blast in a minority residential area in Afghanistan's capital Kabul, the group said.

The Afghan police said at least eight people were killed and 18 maimed in the blast. ISIS said in a statement that 20 people were killed and injured in an attack launched in western Kabul.

That’s where the Shiite neighbourhoods are that ISIS-Afghanistan so like to attack.

"The explosion happened in a crowded place," said Khalid Zadran, the city's police front man.

Video shared on social media purportedly of the blast site showed men rushing to help the injured after the incident.

A senior Taliban
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security official, who declined to be named, said primary investigations revealed that explosives were placed in a vegetable cart and the blast resulted in the wounding and killing of more than 50 people, including women and kiddies.

"There is a possibility that the corpse count will increase because most of the maimed people had critical wounds," he said.

ISIS has claimed recent attacks, mainly on the minority community.

The ISIS affiliate operating in Afghanistan since 2014 is seen as the country's most serious security challenge since the Taliban took control of the country in August last year.

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#1 Blast in Kabul, Afghanistan kills 8; Islamic State claims responsibility

Posted by Skidmark 2022-08-06 10:17|| 2022-08-06 10:17|| Front Page Top

#2 From Skidmark’s link:

The bomb exploded in a western district of the city where members of the minority Shi'ite Muslim community regularly meet. Islamic State, a Sunni Muslim militant group, claimed responsibility for the attack, the group said on its Telegram channel.

A senior medical officer at a private hospital said at least eight people died and 22 were wounded.

No up-to-date census data exists, but estimates put the size of the Shi'ite community at between 10-20% of the population of 39 million, including Persian-speaking Tajiks and Pashtuns as well as Hazaras.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-08-06 14:57|| 2022-08-06 14:57|| Front Page Top

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