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Terror blast kills over 50 people, wounds dozens in Afghan capital
[PRESSTV] More than 50 people have been killed and over 80 maimed after a huge kaboom destroyed a building in Afghanistan's capital in which a large crowd of people, including religious scholars, were marking the birthday anniversary of Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him).The deadly attack was carried out at the Uranus Wedding Hall on the airport road in the city center of Kabul at about 06:15 p.m. local time on Tuesday. The Afghan television station, Tolo News, citing a number of eyewitnesses, said at least 1,000 people were present in the hall at the time of the kaboom, which is the deadliest of such attacks in Kabul in recent months. Reports said the attacker, wearing an explosives-laden vest, entered a banquet room in the hall, a massive complex housing several large banqueting halls, and detonated his explosives. Officials at Kabul's Emergency Hospital told Rooters that at least 30 ambulances had rushed to the kaboom site and more than 40 people were critically maimed. No group has grabbed credit for the attack yet, but it bears the hallmark of attacks carried out by the Takfiri  ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who must be killed...ISIS terrorist group, which has taken advantage of the chaos in Afghanistan and established a foothold in the war-torn country’s eastern and northern regions. In a statement, President Ashraf Ghani  ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..declared Wednesday a national day of mourning for the victims of the deadly attack, which he described as an "unforgivable crime." Posted by: Fred 2018-11-21 |
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