Blast in Kabul targets aid organization

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Wed, 2019-05-08 07:21

KABUL: A car bomb targeted an international aid organisation in an upscale area of Kabul, the Afghan capital on Wednesday, the third day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, sending a plume of smoke and dust into the sky, security officials said.
The attack targeted the office of non-profit Counterpart International in the Shahr Naw area of Kabul, they added.
A health ministry spokesman, Wahidullah Mayar, said nine wounded people had been taken to hospital.

Police confirmed there had been a blast but had no immediate details.

“I can confirm an explosion in the Shar-e-Naw area of Kabul. We are checking the details,” Ferdaws Framurz, a spokesman for the city’s police force, told AFP.

 

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