{"id":646,"date":"2017-08-29T14:42:04","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T14:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/?p=646"},"modified":"2017-08-29T14:42:04","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T14:42:04","slug":"several-people-killed-in-kabul-suicide-bombing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/several-people-killed-in-kabul-suicide-bombing\/","title":{"rendered":"Several people killed in Kabul suicide bombing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A suicide bombing in a busy commercial area in Kabul, near a string of banks and not far from the US Embassy, killed at least five people, Afghan officials said.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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\n\tAccording to Basir Mujahid, spokesman for the Kabul police chief, the explosion likely targeted a branch of the privately owned Kabul Bank, The Independent wrote.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe US Embassy compound is located about 500 meters\u00a0down the road from the bank.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAt the site of the blast, debris and twisted metal lay scattered on the pavement. The front side of the Kabul Bank was completely shattered and there was much damage to the fronts of several adjacent businesses. A charred motorcycle with its parts mangled lay on the street.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAlong with the five killed, the attack also wounded nine, said Mohammad Salim Rasouli, chief of Kabul hospitals at the Health Ministry. He warned that those were only initial reports and that the casualty toll could rise further.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tNo one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing, but the Taliban often target banks, especially at the end of the month when civil servants and military personnel line up to receive their salaries, or ahead of major Muslim holidays.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThis week, the Kabul banks have been especially crowded as Muslims prepare for the celebration of Eid al-Adha, or \u201cthe feast of sacrifice.\u201d It\u2019s the most important Islamic holiday that commemorates the willingness of the Prophet Abraham to sacrifice his son before God stayed his hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring the holiday, Muslims slaughter sheep, distributing part of the meat to the poor. The holiday begins on the 10th day of the Islamic lunar month of Dhul-Hijja, during the Hajj pilgrimage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tTwo months ago, ahead of the Eid al-Fitr Muslim holiday, a Taliban suicide bomber targeted a Kabul Bank branch in southern Helmand Province, killing at least 29 people, mostly civilians. At the time, the Taliban claimed there were no civilian deaths and said they had only targeted members of the Afghan security forces who had gone to the bank to collect their salaries.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tKabul has also seen a sharp increase in attacks lately.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tLast week, 28 people, including women and children, were killed when Daesh terrorists attacked a Shia mosque during Friday prayers. In that attack, which went on for hours, more than 50 people were also wounded after two assailants blew themselves up. Another two attackers were shot dead by Afghan security forces.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIn another development, at least 13 civilians, including women and children, were killed in an overnight airstrike by Afghan security forces that targeted the Taliban in western Herat Province, according to Gelani Farhad, spokesman for the provincial governor.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tFarhad told the Associated Press that the Monday night strike in Shindand district also wounded seven civilians. A Taliban base and a prison run by the terrorists were targeted, he said. The prison was destroyed and 19 prisoners \u2013 both military and civilians escaped. The civilians who were killed died in their homes just next to the Taliban base, he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAccording to the spokesman, the airstrikes also killed 16 Taliban terrorists. The Taliban have not commented on the Herat attack and Farhad\u2019s information could not be independently verified.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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