ISIS Suicide Attack Kills at Least 20 in Kabul
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ISIS Suicide Attack Kills at Least 20 in Kabul
4, 2018
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber working for the Islamic State attacked a market where shopkeepers were protesting against the police in Kabul late on Thursday, killing at least 20 people
and wounding more than two dozen others, officials said.
While the group has faced intense pressure from Afghan commandos
and American airstrikes in its foothold in Nangarhar Province, officials have struggled to gain a clear understanding of the urban cells behind the latest spate of attacks claimed by the group.
Najib Danish, another spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said
that on Wednesday, city police officers raided a market where alcohol, drugs and other banned substances were being sold and arrested two people.
Nasrat Rahimi, a deputy spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said
that civilians and members of the security forces were among the casualties, which he put at 20 dead and 30 wounded.
In recent months, the group also carried out what officials called the deadliest terrorist attack
in modern Egyptian history, which took the lives of more than 300 people at a Sufi mosque.
The Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, has caused more casualties in Kabul than the Taliban,
and in Yemen, the number of the group’s fighters has doubled in the past year, according to the United States military.
4, 2018
KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber working for the Islamic State attacked a market where shopkeepers were protesting against the police in Kabul late on Thursday, killing at least 20 people
and wounding more than two dozen others, officials said.
While the group has faced intense pressure from Afghan commandos
and American airstrikes in its foothold in Nangarhar Province, officials have struggled to gain a clear understanding of the urban cells behind the latest spate of attacks claimed by the group.
Najib Danish, another spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said
that on Wednesday, city police officers raided a market where alcohol, drugs and other banned substances were being sold and arrested two people.
Nasrat Rahimi, a deputy spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said
that civilians and members of the security forces were among the casualties, which he put at 20 dead and 30 wounded.
In recent months, the group also carried out what officials called the deadliest terrorist attack
in modern Egyptian history, which took the lives of more than 300 people at a Sufi mosque.
The Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, has caused more casualties in Kabul than the Taliban,
and in Yemen, the number of the group’s fighters has doubled in the past year, according to the United States military.