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May 8, 2021 by archyde
An explosion in front of a school in Kabul in Afghanistan left at least 25 dead and 52 injured on Saturday, May 8, including students, the Afghan Interior Ministry announced.
France 24 tells us that a spokesman for the ministry, Tariq Arian, reported at least 52 injured while his counterpart from the Ministry of Health Ghulam Dastagir Nazari said that 46 people had been hospitalized. “The number of victims could increase,” Tareq Arian, spokesman for the Interior Ministry, told reporters.
According to the French media, the attack took place in the district of Dasht-e-Barchi, in the west of the Afghan capital, when residents were shopping for the approach of the Muslim holiday of the Eid al-Fitr which will mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan next week. It is a district populated mainly by Hazara Shiites, often targeted by Sunni Islamist militants. “The people there are furious and attacked the ambulance men,” for his part
An injured woman is transported to a hospital after a blast in Kabul on May 8. Reuters
A blast outside a girls school in an area of the Afghan capital populated largely by the Hazara community killed at least 30 people and wounded scores including students on Saturday, officials said.
The explosion rocked the west Kabul district of Dasht-e-Barchi a regular target of Islamist militants as residents were out shopping ahead of Eidul Fitr next week that marks the end of Ramazan.
It comes as the United States military continues to pull out its last remaining 2,500 troops from violence-wracked Afghanistan, despite faltering peace efforts between the Taliban and Afghan government to end a decades-long war.
25 killed, 52 wounded in blast near school in Afghanistan
Afghan Ministry spokesman Tareq Arian told reporters that the casualties could rise By AFP Saturday 8 May 2021, 4:37 PM 1 hour ago 2,584 Views 1 Comment
An injured school student is transported to a hospital after a bomb explosion in Kabul
Image: Rahmat Gul
Image: Rahmat Gul
A blast outside a school in the Afghanistan capital on Saturday killed at least 25 people and wounded another 52 including students, the interior ministry said.
“Sadly, 25 martyrs and 52 wounded people have been evacuated to hospitals from the site,” ministry spokesman Tareq Arian told reporters.
“The casualties could rise.”
The blast occurred in the west Kabul district of Dasht-e-Barchi as residents were out for shopping ahead of Eid-al-Fitr next week that marks the end of Ramadan, t
police line A blast outside a school in the Afghan capital on Saturday killed at least 25 people and wounded another 52 including students, the interior ministry said. “Sadly, 25 martyrs and 52 wounded people have been evacuated to hospitals from the site,” ministry spokesman Tareq Arian told reporters. “The casualties could rise.” The blast occurred in the west Kabul district of Dasht-e-Barchi as residents were out for shopping ahead of Eid-al-Fitr next week that marks the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting. The neighbourhood is populated largely by the Shiite Hazaras and is often a target for Sunni Islamist militants.