A major terrorist attack in the center of Kabul claimed the lives of 57 people and left 119 injured. The number of victims is 8 dead and 17 injured children. Sunday, on the eve of parliamentary elections in Afghanistan, terrorist-a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device near a voter registration centre. All the victims — Grazhdanskiye face.
The explosion was so powerful that it was heard across the capital and a few kilometers from the scene in the Windows was broken glass.
Responsibility for the attack claimed by the Islamic state. Under statements jihadist news Agency Aamaq, the terrorists said that their goal was «Shiite apostates».
Sunday’s attack in the Afghan capital — the third in a row over the last month and a half. March 9, seven people were killed during a blast at the event, timed to the anniversary of the death of Abdul Ali Mazari, the former leader of Afghan Shiites. After 12 days, 26 people were killed and 18 injured in the attack on the holiday of Navruz.
No wonder Afghanistan is in the list of most dangerous countries, published recently by the US state Department.
