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Afghan bomb kills at least 8; UN slams high civilian deaths
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A powerful car bomb killed at least eight people and injured 47 in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, officials said Saturday.The death toll in the explosion late Friday that also destroyed 14 houses is expected to rise because several of the injured were critical, said Rafiq Sherzai, a spokesman for the provincial hospital. One among the dead and 11 of the injured were Afghan Security Forces personnel while the remainder were civilians, including women and children, said Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian. No one has claimed responsibility. Within hours of the attack, the U.N. Security Council at a press briefing in New York condemned an "alarming" increase in attacks in Afghanistan targeting civilians even as the Taliban and the Afghan government hold on-again-off-again talks in Qatar. Posted by: Besoeker 2021-03-13 |
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