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SUICIDE BOMBING. Afghan security forces place victims at the back of a van following a suicide bombing in Kabul on July 22, 2018. Photo by Noorullah Shirzada / AFP
KABUL, Afghanistan A suicide bombing near Kabul International Airport on July 23, the Ministry of Health announced the death of a driver of Agence France-Presse.
At least 107 other people were injured during Sunday's powerful explosion. Afghan Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum of Exile
The Ministry of Health warned that the latest toll, which had originally been 14 dead and 60 injured, could change.
The AFP driver, Mohammad Akhtar, aged 31, was among those who were killed when the suicide bomber blew himself up.
The father of 4 was on his way to the night shift.
The attack was claimed by the Islamic State group (ISIS) through its official Amaq news agency, according to the SITE Intelligence Monitoring Group
. , a powerful Uzbek ethnic leader and former warlord.
Although linked to a catalog of human rights abuses in Afghanistan, Dostum was mistaken for a celebrity when he arrived in Afghanistan after more than one year. year of exile. Dostum escaped to Turkey in May 2017 after being accused of organizing the rape and torture of a political rival.
He denied the charges and said that his departure was for medical reasons. check-ups and family reasons.
Seven of Dostum's bodyguards were convicted of sexual assault and unlawful imprisonment of Ahmad Ishchi, a former governor of Jowzjan province, in the north of the country . 2016. – Rappler.com
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