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| In Afghanistan, the explosion of a fuel truck at the Salang pass was called a terrorist attack |
| 2022-12-22 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [REGNUM] Hasht e Subh: about 100 people died in a terrorist attack on the Salang pass The explosion of a fuel tanker at the Salang Pass in the Afghan province of Parvan, which killed about 100 people, occurred as a result of a terrorist attack, the Hasht e Subh newspaper writes on December 21. The sources of the publication refer to the report of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the interim government of Afghanistan, consisting of members of the radical Taliban movement (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation). They claim that the radicals concealed the cause of the fire from the public. Referring to information from various sources, the newspaper estimates the death toll at about 100 people. Most of the bodies are badly burnt, it is impossible to identify them. “At least 120 more people were injured,” the newspaper notes. The fire in the tunnel at the Salang pass occurred after the explosion of explosive devices, one of which was in a fuel truck. According to one of the sources, on December 18, two explosions occurred in the tunnel. Another interlocutor claims that two more explosions occurred on December 19. The Salang Pass is located in the Hindu Kush mountains, and the only road from Kabul to the northern provinces of Afghanistan passes through it. The tunnel of the same name runs at an altitude of more than 3200 m. |
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