Kabul [Afghanistan], June 12 (ANI): At least seven people killed in two blasts in different areas in the west of Kabul on Saturday afternoon, the Afghanistan Ministry of Interior Affairs said.
At least 20 civilians were killed and 34 others were wounded in a series of violent attacks in five provinces of Afghanistan in the span of 24 hours, underlinin
When a bomb explodes in Afghanistan, Hazara-Canadians brace for the worst By Ali Mirzad. Published on May 17, 2021 11:03am Now that the Taliban is being ushered back in, Canadian foreign policy can no longer exist in the shadow of American policy. An employee at the Sayed Al-Shuhada all-girls school puts donated flowers on the desks of Hazara students killed by a triple bomb blast on May 8. (Najib Hassanyar photo)
Earlier this month, bombs once again hit the Dasht-e-Barchi area of western Kabul, this time targeting the Sayed Al-Shuhada all-girls school. The aftershock of the three blasts in the Afghan capital could be felt across the Atlantic by Hazara-Canadians. And whenever a bomb goes off back home, Hazaras here in Canada brace for the worst.
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Newsweek their denials don t really matter. They can deny it as much as they want, but the reality is that the entire country believes that it s the Taliban who are behind these attacks, said Belquis Ahmadi, a senior program officer at the United States Institute of Peace. These are just empty words just useless, baseless denials. The truth is that they have hands in all of these attacks one way or another, Ahmadi said.
The May 8 bombing is one of several attacks reported in recent days as U.S. troops began withdrawing from Afghanistan. Three blasts went off during the attack near the entrance to the school, which is located in a largely Shiite Muslim area, as students were leaving for the day, according to the Associated Press. While male students occupy the campus during the morning hours, female students take classes in the afternoons, the AP reported. T