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Kabul: dozens of Hazeri casualties in double mosque kaboom, Haqqani gang busted
 Dozens dead or wounded in twin explosions in Kabul [KhaamaPress] At least thirty twenty people were killed and nearly seventy others sustained injuries in twin explosions in Kabul city earlier this evening. Security sources confirm the first blast took place inside a sports complex in the 6th police district of the city in Qala-e-Nazir area in west of Kabul. The sources further added that the second blast took place among the reporters in the same area. The Ministry of Public Health confirmed that the dead bodies of at least 20 people along with at least 70 wounded people were shifted to the hospitals. The security officials have not confirmed the type of the explosions and the exact casualties toll but preliminary reports indicate the first blast has taken place due to a suicide attack. No individual or group including Taliban and ISIS loyalists has so far claimed responsibility behind the incident. This is a developing story and will be updated as new information becomes available.
Officials confirmed the first explosion, just after 6pm, was a suicide bombing and the second, about an hour later, had been a car bomb. Sources said that the second bombing targeted police and civilians, including journalists, who had gathered outside the Moalem wrestling club in Qala-e-Nazer in PD6, which had been targeted about an hour earlier by a suicide bomber.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in Dasht-e-Barchi, home to many members of the mainly Shia Muslim Hazara ethnic minority which has been targeted in the past by Sunni militants of Islamic State group. The Hazaras are a Persian-speaking minority that has long faced discrimination and which has borne the brunt of attacks claimed by Islamic State group in Kabul. Gang of Haqqani Network members involved in destructive activities busted in Kabul [KhaamaPress] A gang of Haqqani Network members involved in destructive activities and killing of the officials has been busted in capital Kabul. The Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS), in a statement said a gang of Haqqani Network consisting of 11 militants was busted during separate operations in Kabul. The statement further added that the militants were arrested during the operations from the 5th and 12th districts, Paghman and Bagrami districts. According to the National Directorate of Security, the detained militants were involved in some major terrorist related activities, including attacks on government and security officials, tribal elders, and roadside bombings. The Afghan forces also confiscated a Ak-47 rifle, a pistol, three kgs of explosives, and a motorycle during the operations, NDS added. The detained militants have been identified as Momin Khan, Azizullah, Sardar Wali, Hamid, Mustafa, Mir Agha, Mohammad Rasool, Nawab, Lal Agha, Munir, and Ehsanullah. The anti-government armed militant groups including the Haqqani Network and Taliban militants have not commented regarding the report so far.
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