11 Afghans killed in Ghazni bombing
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December 19, 2020
GHAZNI, Afghanistan: A motorbike loaded with explosives blew up in east Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 11 people at a religious ceremony, officials said. “The explosives detonated at a gathering in Gilan district of Ghazni province,” said provincial governor´s spokesman Waheedullah Jumazada, adding that at least 11 people were killed and 20 wounded. He said the wounded included children. Interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian confirmed the blast at a house where a Quran recitation was being held, but said 15 people were killed. No group immediately claimed the attack. The latest violence comes, as peace talks in the Qatari capital between the Taliban and Afghan government to end the country´s grinding war are on pause until January.
15 Afghans killed in Ghazni bombing
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December 19, 2020
GHAZNI, Afghanistan: A motorbike loaded with explosives blew up in east Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 15 people at a religious ceremony, officials said. The explosives detonated at a gathering in Gilan district of Ghazni province, said provincial governor´s spokesman Waheedullah Jumazada, adding that at least 15 people were killed and 20 wounded.
He said the wounded included children.
Interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian confirmed the blast at a house where a Quran recitation was being held, but said 15 people were killed.
No group immediately claimed the attack. The latest violence comes, as peace talks in the Qatari capital between the Taliban and Afghan government to end the country´s grinding war are on pause until January.
At Least 11 Killed, 20 Others Injured In Blast In Afghanistan
At Least 11 Killed, 20 Others Injured In Blast In Afghanistan
Ghazni: A motorbike loaded with explosives blew up in east Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 11 people at a religious ceremony, officials said.
“The explosives detonated at a gathering in Gilan district of Ghazni province,” said provincial governor’s spokesman Waheedullah Jumazada, adding that at least 11 people were killed and 20 wounded.
He said the wounded included children.
Interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian confirmed the blast at a house where a Quran recitation was being held, but said 15 people were killed.
No group immediately claimed the attack.
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Afghanistan: At least 15 killed, 20 injured in blast at religious ceremony in Ghazni
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At least 15 civilians were killed and 20 injured on Friday after a motorbike loaded with explosives blew up at a religious ceremony in the Gilan district of the Ghazni province in eastern Afghanistan on Friday.
Over 20 people were also wounded in the blast, Pajhwok Afghan News reported. At least 15 civilians were killed and 20 more were wounded in an explosion at a gathering in Gelan district, Ghazni province, this afternoon, the Interior Ministry Affairs spokesman Tariq Arian said.
The spokesman said the explosives were loaded on a motorbike parked near a house in a village where the ceremony was being held.