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Six killed in suicide blast in Afghan capital

Blast occurred in front of a business centre near the foreign ministry and wounded several others, says official

AFP March 27, 2023

Taliban security forces block a road after a suicide blast near Afghanistan’s foreign ministry at the Zanbaq Square in Kabul on January 11, 2023. PHOTO: AFP/FILE

A suicide attack on Monday not far from Afghanistan's foreign ministry killed six civilians and wounded several others, the interior ministry said.

The attacker was identified by Afghan forces but the explosives he carried detonated and "killed six civilians and wounded a number of others", ministry spokesman Abdul Nafy Takor tweeted.

The blast occurred in front of a business centre near the foreign ministry.

Italian non-governmental organisation Emergency, which operates a hospital in the capital, confirmed it had received two dead and 12 wounded, including a child.

Monday's blast was the second attack near the foreign ministry in Kabul in less than three months, and the first since the Muslim holy month of Ramazan began on Thursday in Afghanistan.

COMMENTS (2)

test | 1 year ago | Reply To be fair enough the phenomenon of suicide blast was created by west. For example in world war 1 and world war 2 european military men cover themselves with explosives and go into enemy lines and then blew them up taking their own lives as well the lives of their enemies. If west has not invented such thing no one would even have heard that word. And then here comes united states Hey we will bomb you just like we bombed Japan and Europe We will blew ourselves just like our soldiers blew themselves during world war 1 and world war 2 .

test | 1 year ago | Reply To be fair enough the phenomenon of suicide blast was created by west. For example in world war 1 and world war 2 european military men cover themselves with explosives and go into enemy lines and then blew them up taking their own lives as well the lives of their enemies. If west has not invented such thing no one would even have heard that word. And then here comes united states Hey we will bomb you just like bombed Japan and Europe We will blew ourselves just like our soldiers blew themselves during world war 1 and world war 2 .

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