AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): At least nine civilians were killed and many more wounded in a bomb blast in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, apparently aimed at a member of the parliament, authorities confirmed.
According to the country's Health Ministry, the magnetic bomb blast resulted in these casualties during the morning rush hour.
Police sources in Kabul told Anadolu Agency that a convoy of cars escorting lawmaker Khan Mohammed was the target of this attack who sustained injuries.
There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but the Afghan government has been blaming armed Taliban militants for a string of such attacks across the country.
On Thursday, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Deborah Lyons said civilian casualties caused by improvised explosive devices surged by over 60% in the past two months.
Briefing the UN Security Council, Lyons said in the third quarter of 2020, child casualties rose 25% over the previous three months, while attacks against schools in the same period increased four times.
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source : Anadolu
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20 December 2020
8:27:15 AM
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At least nine civilians were killed and many more wounded in a bomb blast in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday, apparently aimed at a member of the parliament, authorities confirmed.