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Afghanistan: Terrorism Strikes Martyring 48 Civilians

Afghanistan: Terrorism Strikes Martyring 48 Civilians
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Nearly 50 people have been martyred in a bomb attack in front of an educational center in western Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.

"We can confirm the attack was caused by a bomber on foot. The bomber detonated himself inside the education center," said police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai.

The ministries of interior and health confirmed that at least 60 people were injured in the Dasht-i Barcha neighborhood.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast. But previous attacks in the area have been claimed by the Daesh Takfiri terrorists.

The deadly shooting and bombing attack was carried out at the mosque in the city of Gardez in Paktia province.

The Hazara Shia community, the poorest of the country’s ethnic groups, accounts for about 22 percent of Afghanistan’s population. Its members have been targeted in several large-scale kidnappings and killings across Afghanistan in the past, prompting demonstrations and sit-ins in Kabul and elsewhere.

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan [UNAMA] said last year civilian casualties in sectarian attacks across Afghanistan, primarily against Shia mosques, had sharply risen.

Daesh, which has been crushed in Iraq and Syria, has reportedly managed to take recruits from Taliban defectors in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, which borders Pakistan.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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