Bomb attacks targeting Afghanistan school kill 68
Taliban denies involvement in attack condemned by UN chief, pope, India and China, which calls for 'more responsible' troop withdrawal
09 May 2021 - 20:39
Kabul — The death toll from a bomb attack outside a school in the Afghan capital Kabul has risen to 68, officials said on Sunday, with doctors struggling to care for 165 injured victims and families searching desperately for missing children.
Explosions on Saturday evening shook the neighbourhood of Dasht-e-Barchi, home to a large community of Shiites from the Hazara ethnic minority which has been targeted in the past by Islamic State, a Sunni militant group...
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