{"id":3039,"date":"2023-01-12T08:58:32","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T08:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3039"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:54:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:54:10","slug":"is-claimed-responsibility-for-bomb-blasts-in-kabul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/analysis\/defense\/war\/is-claimed-responsibility-for-bomb-blasts-in-kabul\/2023\/01\/12\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"IS claimed responsibility for bomb blasts in Kabul"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kabul,<\/span> Afghanistan<\/span> (AP)<\/span> Jan,12–<\/span> The<\/span> Islamic<\/span> State<\/span> group<\/span> on<\/span> Thursday<\/span> claimed<\/span> responsibility<\/span> for<\/span> a<\/span> deadly<\/span> bomb<\/span> attack<\/span> near<\/span> the<\/span> foreign<\/span> ministry<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> Afghan<\/span> capital<\/span> that<\/span> killed<\/span> at<\/span> least<\/span> five<\/span> people<\/span> the<\/span> day<\/span> before.<\/span>The<\/span> bombing<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> his<\/span> second<\/span> major<\/span> attack<\/span> in<\/span> Kabul<\/span> in<\/span> 2023<\/span> and<\/span> was<\/span> condemned<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> international<\/span> community.<\/span>
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In<\/span> a<\/span> statement,<\/span> the<\/span> militant<\/span> group<\/span> said<\/span> a<\/span> “martyr”,<\/span> identified<\/span> as<\/span> Kheiber<\/span> al-Qandahari,<\/span> detonated<\/span> an<\/span> explosive<\/span> vest<\/span> among<\/span> a<\/span> gathering<\/span> of<\/span> ministry<\/span> employees<\/span> and<\/span> security<\/span> guards<\/span> as<\/span> he<\/span> exited<\/span> the<\/span> ministry<\/span> through<\/span> the<\/span> main<\/span> gate.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>There<\/span> was<\/span> no<\/span> immediate<\/span> reaction<\/span> to<\/span> IS’<\/span> allegations<\/span> from<\/span> Afghanistan’s<\/span> Taliban<\/span> rulers.<\/span> Kabul<\/span> police<\/span> spokesman<\/span> Khalid<\/span> Zadran<\/span> said<\/span> Wednesday<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> blast<\/span> killed<\/span> five<\/span> civilians<\/span> and<\/span> injured<\/span> “many<\/span> other<\/span> people”<\/span> near<\/span> the<\/span> ministry.<\/span> IS<\/span> news<\/span> agency<\/span> Aamaq<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> attack<\/span> coincided<\/span> with<\/span> a<\/span> ministry<\/span> training<\/span> course<\/span> for<\/span> diplomats.<\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/span>Since<\/span> the<\/span> Taliban<\/span> occupied<\/span> Afghanistan<\/span> in<\/span> 2021,<\/span> militants<\/span> have<\/span> stepped<\/span> up<\/span> their<\/span> attacks.<\/span> Targets<\/span> included<\/span> Taliban<\/span> patrols<\/span> and<\/span> members<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> country’s<\/span> Shiite<\/span> minority.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>After<\/span> Wednesday’s<\/span> attack,<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 40<\/span> wounded<\/span> were<\/span> taken<\/span> to<\/span> a<\/span> surgical<\/span> center<\/span> in<\/span> Kabul<\/span> run<\/span> by<\/span> a<\/span> humanitarian<\/span> organization,<\/span> the<\/span> Emergency<\/span> NGO.<\/span> Afghanistan’s<\/span> emergency<\/span> chief<\/span> Stefano<\/span> Sozza<\/span> said<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> time<\/span> that<\/span> he<\/span> expected<\/span> the<\/span> number<\/span> of<\/span> casualties<\/span> to<\/span> rise.<\/span> The<\/span> attack<\/span> was<\/span> condemned<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> Nations<\/span> and<\/span> various<\/span> countries.<\/span> In<\/span> a<\/span> statement<\/span> Wednesday,<\/span> Pakistan<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> stood<\/span> in<\/span> solidarity<\/span> with<\/span> Afghanistan<\/span> in<\/span> its<\/span> fight<\/span> against<\/span> militants.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kabul, Afghanistan (AP) Jan,12– The Islamic State group on Thursday claimed responsibility for a deadly bomb attack near the foreign ministry in the Afghan capital that killed at least five people the day before.The bombing will be his second major attack in Kabul in 2023 and was condemned by the international community. In a statement, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[276,24,252,2406,2418],"tags":[73,74,451,647,728,729],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/KBIL.jpeg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3039"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3039"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3042,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3039\/revisions\/3042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}