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| Dozens killed in suicide blast at Afghanistan's supreme court |
| 2017-02-08 |
| At least 20 people have been killed and 41 injured in a suicide bomb attack on the supreme court in the Afghan capital, according to officials. The The supreme court is on a main road leading from the city to Kabul airport. The explosion occurred shortly before 4pm local time, when roads were busy with traffic and vendors. A spokesman for the ministry of public health, Ismail Kawasi, said most of the injured and killed were civilians, including three women and a child. The Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, condemned the attack, which he blamed on the “enemies of our people”. The US embassy in Kabul called it “an attack on the very foundation of Afghan democracy and rule of law”. No group immediately claimed responsibility, but the Taliban have in the past targeted government judicial workers since the execution of six convicted insurgents last May. |
| Posted by:Steve White |