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10 Civilians Total Killed in Kabul, Kandahar Blasts
[ToloNews] At least 10 non-combatants were killed in a blast in Kabul and another in Kandahar on Sunday amid rising hopes for peace as the Loya Jirga delegates approved the release of high-value Taliban ...Arabic for students... prisoners, a key step hoped to open the way for intra-Afghan negotiations. The two explosions happened on Sunday afternoon. The first happened in the west of Kabul at a market in Company Bazaar area. According to the Interior Affairs Ministry, the bomb was placed on a pushcart in the market and went kaboom!when the area was about to be cordoned off by police forces who were attempting to defuse it. The blast left two civilians, including a woman, dead and five coppers maimed, according to the ministry. Another explosion happened in Arghistan district of the southern province of Kandahar when a civilian vehicle hit a roadside kaboom in Sheen Nari village in the district, the ministry said. The ministry added in a statement that the Kandahar roadside kabooming killed eight civilians. This comes amid increasing efforts by the government to kickstart the much-awaited intra-Afghan negotiations. No group has grabbed credit for the blasts. Related: Kabul: 2020-08-07 Good afternoon Kabul: 2020-08-07 $15M of Kabul Bank’s Stolen Funds Recouped Last Year: Govt Kabul: 2020-08-07 ANP launched an operation, capturing a three-member group linked with the Daesh Terrorist Group in PD#1, Kabul City Related: Kandahar: 2020-08-07 Afghan forces kill, wound at least 16 Taliban militants in Ghazni province Kandahar: 2020-08-02 Calm across Afghanistan as Ceasefire Holds on Day Two Kandahar: 2020-08-01 Pakistan Denies Firing First in Spin Boldak Clash That Killed 9-15, Injured 50-100 Posted by: trailing wife 2020-08-10 |
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