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Kabul: ISIS jacket wallahs tied up, IED defused, 3 bombs kaboom 29 Shiite innocents
 NDS Special Forces thwart ISIS plot to carry out suicide attacks in Kabul city [KhaamaPress] The Special Forces of the Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS), thwarted ISIS plot to carry out a series of suicide attacks on the eve of the new Afghan year. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) in a statement said six ISIS Khurasan militants who were looking to carry out attacks on the eve of Nowruz, the start of new solar year, were arrested in Kabul city. The statement further added that 44 militants were arrested during similar operations conducted in Khost, Kandahar, Zabul, Herat, Farah, Paktika, Badakhshan, Ghazni, Helmand, Balkh, and Sar-e-Pul provinces over the past one week. The National Directorate of Security also added that 11 militants were killed during the same operations and some weapons and munitions were confiscated. This comes as back to back explosions took place in Karte Sakhi area of Kabul city earlier today, leaving at least 30 people dead or wounded. The Ministry of Public Health officials confirmed that 6 people were killed and 23 others were wounded in the explosions. Police forces foil militants bid to detonate a bomb in Kabul city [KhaamaPress] The Afghan National Police forces foiled militants bid to detonate an improvised explosive device in Kabul city as Afghans celebrate the start of the new solar year. The Kabul Police Headquarters in a statement said the improvised explosive device was discovered from Kabul University road in 3rd police district of the city. The statement further added that the improvised explosive device was defused by the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team of Afghan National Police. This comes as back to back explosions took place in Karte Sakhi area of Kabul city earlier today, leaving at least 30 people dead or wounded. Explosions In Kabul Leave Six Dead [ToloNews] The Ministry of Interior said on Thursday that six people were killed and 23 others were wounded in three explosions near a Nawroz celebration ceremony in Kabul. According to the ministry, the explosions happened in Kabul’s PD3 near Kart-e-Sakhi, where people had gathered to celebrate the first day of the new solar year. Interior Ministry spokesman Nusrat Rahimi said the explosives were placed at the area ahead of Nawroz. “As a result of explosion of three mines that were placed in the area, six people including a woman were killed and 23 others who all are civilians have been wounded,” said Rahimi. Lots of Kabul residents had gathered in the area to celebrate Nawroz, but the celebration later changed to mourning due to the back-to-back explosions. The first two explosions happened near civilian houses in Kart-e-Sakhi, but the families living in the houses did not suffer fatalities. “No one has suffered. The boys were taken preparations to go to the Nawroz ceremony. They had not left the house that the explosion happened and all the dust from the celling fallen on us,” Mariam, a resident of Kart-e-Sakhi said. The third explosion happened near Ali Abad Hospital in the vicinity of Kart-e-Sahki in which three people were wounded. Following the first two explosions, people quickly left Kart-e-Sakhi area and the roads at the area were closed by security forces. The wounded people were transferred to Ali Abad Hospital. Most of the wounded were children and old men.
The police's initial investigation indicated that three explosive devises had been remotely detonated, setting off the successive blasts, according to the Interior Ministry's spokesman Nasrat Rahim. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing but the Islamic State affiliate that has taken root in Afghanistan has targeted the country's minority Shia Muslims on numerous occasions in the past. The Sunni militant group considers Shiite Muslims heretics. Shia worshippers had gathered at the Karti Sakhi shrine in the Afghan capital's western neighborhood when the blasts took place. The neighborhood is mostly populated by Shias. The tradition at the shrine is to hoist green flags and honor the dead at the cemetery by placing food at the gravesides. Wary Afghans had been warned by authorities of violence ahead of the Nowruz celebrations. The holiday, dating back to at least 1700 B.C. and incorporating ancient Zoroastrian traditions, is the most important event in the Iranian calendar and is widely celebrated across the territories of the old Persian empire, from the Mideast to Central Asia. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-03-22 |
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