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Afghanistan
3 People Die in Blast on Second Day of Attacks in Kabul
2022-08-07
It looks like this will be a daily event in Kabul, courtesy of ISIS-K, until the holiday is over.
[ToloNews] Three people were killed and seven others were maimed in a blast on Saturday evening in Kabul's Pol-e-Sukhta area, according to Mawlawi Zabihullah, commander of PD6 in Kabul.

A TOLOnews news hound who visited the earth-shattering kaboom scene in Kabul's Pol-e-Sukhta area, said that the explosives were put in a pot on the side of the road.
Ashura should be a blast
It has been reported that security forces were not harmed in the earth-shattering kaboom.

Meanwhile,
...back at the dirigible, Jack stuck the cigar in his mouth, stepped onto the gantry, and asked Got a light, Mac?

Von Schtinken stopped short, lowering the dagger and trying to control his features.

If you light that thing, Herr Armschtröng, he pointed out, his voice tense, we all die!...

Kabul security department front man Khalid Zadran said on Twitter that two people were killed and 22 others were maimed in the blast that took place this afternoon in the Pul-e-Sokhta area of Kabul.

Saturday's explosion took place relatively close to yesterday's blast.
So in western Kabul, where the Shiites — who are are 10-20% of Afghanistan's population, including Tajiks, Pashtuns, and Hazaras — live.
According to the Kabul Security Command, the earth-shattering kaboom on Friday in the Sarkariz area killed eight people and eighteen people were maimed.

ISIS has grabbed credit for Friday's blast.
Related:
Pul-e-Sokhta: 2021-03-15 3 Civilians Killed in 2 Explosions in Kabul
Pul-e-Sokhta: 2018-11-27 Commander Alipur released after two days of protests in Kabul and elsewhere
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  It's the IS-K, killing easy targets to show their power and reach in Afghanistan. Their targets are so far people no one important will miss. Those not terribly important to the Taliban. But they advertise it as surgical, commando missions, top tier assassination, to recruit local adventurers and idiots.

IS-K preach the Taliban are traitors to the cause, simple degenerates who tricked the US into losing instead of actually fighting, and now want to sit and rule just their shithole instead of expanding across Asia. IS-K are mercenary, totally. They'll kill any number of moslems for the right price. Any number. Even their own cadres from another region. But they must make a show of being committed to the great Moslem eschaton, the Caliphate an' all. Pakistani political parties, like the PML(N) contracted them to not only attack Imran Khan's people but Pakistain's own infrastructure, police, etc. We have details of transactions, testimonials.

The PML (N) is now in power. Pakistain wishes to put the pashtuns in their place since they cut Islamabad out of deals with China and refused to obey the Jama'at whip. Do the math.
Posted by: Dron66046   2022-08-07 13:52  

#2  The weapons change but the millennia of violence in Afghanistan continues. Are the Iranians or Pakistanis involved? Probably.
Posted by: Super Hose   2022-08-07 13:31  

#1  Kabul is starting to be as dangerous as NYC, Chicago, et al
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-08-07 08:20  

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