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Afghanistan
Bomb Blast Hits Mosque in Baghlan, 29 Wounded: Officials
2015-07-14
[Tolo News] A kaboom has reportedly hit a Grand Mosque in Pul-e-Khomri, lovely provincial capital of Baghlan, during Iftar dinner, officials said.

At least 29 worshippers have been confirmed maimed including senior local officials.

A governor's female advisor and a provincial politician were among those maimed, deputy health director of Baghlan, Abdul Halim Ghaffari told TOLOnews.

The event was organized for at least 500 guests by the acting governor of Baghlan Sultan Mohammad Ibadi, local officials said, adding the casualties could possibly raise.

So far, no group including the Taliban has grabbed credit for the bombing.

Other the other hand, a magnetic bomb went off at Ansari aquare, PD 4 of capital Kabul
...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the World and didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either....
. Officials confirmed the blast, saying no one was harmed in the kaboom.

In another kaboom in eastern Paktika
...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo...
, at least five people including a local policeman were maimed.
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