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| School teacher and his 6 children killed in Kabul truck bombing |
| 2015-08-09 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] A private school teacher was killed with his six children in a truck bombing which destroyed a market in Shah Shaheed area of 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 Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... city in the early minutes of Friday morning. The Ministry of Education (MoE) said Saturday that the school teacher was serving with a private school -- Ahmadshah Abdali school. A statement by MoE said the school teacher and his six children were among 15 killed in the attack. According to MoE, nine school teachers, six students and servant of the Ministry of Education were among 140 people injured in the attack. At least four schools (Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai, Ustad Betab, Ghulam Nabi Charkhi and Amina Fadwi) received damages in the attack, MoE added. The ministry strongly condemned the brutal attack and offered its condolences to the families of the victims. No group including the Talibs has so far cliamed responsibility behind the attack which was the start of a series of deadly attacks in capital Kabul on Friday night which left several people dead or maimed. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 This was a very large kaboom - likely the biggest in Kabul. Initial estimates say 3,000 to 5,000 lbs. Looking at the blast crater and surrounding damage - I'm guesstimating much bigger. No boogereaters are taking credit due to the high number of civilian casualties and destroyed homes/shops. Got a pretty good idea though :). |
| Posted by: Bangkok Billy 2015-08-09 10:58 |