Afghanistan attack: Triple blasts at funeral in Kabul, 20 killed

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Up to 20 dead after 3 explosions at funeral in Kabul, top Afghan officials unharmed (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)
Published time: 3 Jun, 2017 12:27 Edited time: 3 Jun, 2017 13:20


An ambulance carries victims near the site of blasts in Kabul, Afghanistan June 3, 2017 © Mohammad Ismail / Reuters
Up to 20 people have been killed and 87 injured in three successive explosions centered around a funeral taking place in downtown Kabul Saturday, reports the TOLO news network.
Abdullah Abdullah, the Chief Executive of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and Acting foreign affairs minister Salahuddin Rabbani were both in attendance along with other government officials at the funeral at the time of the explosions. All were unharmed.

Security forces have set up a cordon around the Khair Khana area of Kabul where the triple explosions took place. The Taliban have denied responsibility for the attack according to local media.



The funeral was reportedly for Salim Izadyar, a protester and son of an Afghan senator, who was shot dead in violent anti-government protests which took place in Kabul Friday.

His father Alam Ezadyar is the deputy speaker for the upper house of the Afghanistan Parliament.



Up to five people were killed during the protests according to Afghanistan’s deputy interior minister, as cited by Reuters. Protesters planned a second day of demonstration on Saturday to call for increased security in the capital which has been wracked by violence.


Kabul has suffered a number of deadly attacks in recent weeks and the city was still reeling from a bomb blast earlier this week which killed more than 80 people and injured 460 in one of the deadliest attacks in the country in recent history.

Kabul’s Garrison Commander, Lt. Gen. Gul Nabi Ahmadzai warned the public to avoid large gatherings and demonstrations at a press conference Friday night, warning of an imminent terrorist threat, citing the ongoing and highly “sensitive security situation.”

https://www.rt.com/news/390706-dead-kabul-funeral-bombing/
 

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Explosions at the burial site of Salim Izadyar, a protester killed in yesterday's shootings in Kabul. Afghanistan
 

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So even any protests against bomb blasts for safe security and punish napakis will be killed with terror bomb blasts. Thats the message pakistanis sending afghans and to remember that they are slaves of pakistanis.

Om shanti to the dead (afghans) in the blasts.
 

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