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Afghanistan
4 killed, 16 wounded in an explosion near Kabul University
2019-07-20
[KhaamaPress] An explosion near Kabul University left four people dead and sixteen others maimed.

Officials in the Ministry of Interior confirmed that the earth-shattering kaboom took place earlier today.

Meanwhile,
...back at the wrecked scow, Agent 49 felt gingerly for his head. It was still there. He had been hoping differently...
 officials in the Ministry of Public Health confirmed that the blast claimed the lives of 4 people.

The officials further added that the earth-shattering kaboom maimed 16 others.

No individual or group has so far grabbed credit for the earth-shattering kaboom.
Ynet adds:
No group immediately grabbed credit for the attack, the latest to target Kabul. Both the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
 and the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 group often stage large-scale bombings in the city, targeting Afghan forces, government officials and minority Shiites.

The early morning blast also set two vehicles ablaze although it wasn't clear if the attack was carried out by a jacket wallah or a remotely detonated bomb, said Kabul police front man Ferdous Faramarz.

The casualty tolls were released by the Health Ministry front man, Dr. Wahidullah Mayar, who tweeted that "6 people have been martyred & 27 more maimed, as a result of today's explosion in Kabul. All the maimed patients were evacuated to our hospitals and have been receiving the required treatment.
And from Al Ahram:
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said he was not aware of any Taliban involvement in Friday’s attack.
Then until further notice we shall assume this is an ISIS attack.
Health ministry spokesman Wahidullah Mayar said there were students among the 33 injured taken to hospital after the blast, which a student at the university campus said occurred while some were waiting to take a law exam.

An eyewitness and an interior ministry official said a vehicle caught fire after a bomb stuck to its underside exploded.

"The blast happened when hundreds of students were entering the campus. We were scheduled to appear for the law exam but the blast shook all of us," said Karima Wardak, a student at the Kabul University.

A police team defused a second bomb placed near the explosion site, Kabul police spokesman Faramarz Firdaws said.

Also on Friday, a roadside mine killed five people who were riding in a car in central Ghazni province.
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