Taliban claim responsibility for attack on defence minister’s residence
The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the Tuesday evening attack on the house of the Afghan acting Defence Minister Bismillah Mohammadi.
In a statement shared with Al Jazeera, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said: “The attack was carried out by several brave Mujahideen of the martyrdom brigade.”
Mujahid went on to say “an important meeting” was taking place at the residence at the time of the attack. However, Mohammadi said he and his family were all away from the house at the time of the attack.
More “retaliatory operations” against top government officials were being planned, Mujahid said.
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Updated: Aug 4, 2021, 12:31 PM IST
Amid an escalation in violence by Taliban militants, a roadside blast on Wednesday, in Afghanistan s capital Kabul, has left three people wounded. The blast occurred near the Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled offices, police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz told AFP.
Roadside Bomb Blast In Afghan Capital Wounds Three: Police Roadside Bomb Blast In Afghan Capital Wounds Three: Police The blast occurred near the Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled offices, police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz told AFP.
The blast occurred near the Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled offices, police said (Representational)
Kabul, Afghanistan:
A roadside blast in Kabul wounded three people on Wednesday, police said, a day after a deadly attack targeted the country s defence minister and lawmakers in the Afghan capital.
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The blast occurred near the Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled offices, police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz told AFP.
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Afghanistan: The blast occurred near the Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled offices, police said.
Kabul:
The Taliban claimed responsibility on Wednesday for a car bomb attack on the residence of Afghanistan s acting defence minister, while a blast near the office of the main security agency in Kabul just hours later wounded three people.
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said the group targeted the residence on Tuesday night, adding that an important meeting was underway at the time.
The defence minister survived, but the attack represented a deterioration in the country s security situation and a sign that the capital was at risk of violence as the insurgents take control of swathes of territory.
Sulaimaniyah, Iraq – Adil Majeed looked distraught as he smoked a cigarette and recounted the devastating events of the late 1980s Anfal military offensive.
Unleashed by the former Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein against Kurdish people in the north, the campaign killed at least 100,000 Kurds, mostly civilians, with some estimates suggesting 180,000 people died. Thousands went missing and hundreds of villages were destroyed.
Rights organisations say the Anfal campaign was a systematic ethnic cleansing amounting to genocide.
Saddam claimed he was quelling a rebellion after Kurdish Peshmerga fighters – who were fighting against the government – sided with the enemy during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, and used Kurdish villages as their safe havens.