VIDEO Suicide attack in Kabul, at least 7 dead / UN: Record number of civilians killed this year in Afghanistan – International



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A powerful explosion – believed to be a suicide bombing – occurred Sunday in the Afghan capital Kabul, near the headquarters of a ministry, and at least five people lost their lives, while employees were leaving the country. office. At a rush hour in the evening, officials told Reuters

that a police spokesman said the blast was probably caused by a suicide bomber, but that he No other information.

Fraidoon Azhand, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Rehabilitation and Rural Development, confirmed that the attack had occurred and said that at least five people had been killed as soon as the first information [19659003] "It seems like an attacker the kamikaze bombed his jacket with explosives at the door of our ministry.The goal was that our employees leave the house," he said. UPDATE: At least seven people were killed and more than 15 were wounded in the attack, the authorities said.The Islamic State's jihadist group (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the attack. Suicide attack, according to Reuters.

The attack takes place in the morning when the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) announced that Afghanistan recorded the highest death toll among the civilians in the first half of 2018 quotes AFP. Civilians killed, half of them in assassinations attributed to the Islamic State group, between January 1 and June 30, this period has been the bloodiest since the UN started counting the civilian casualties there ten years ago

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