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Suicide blast in Kabul kills 13

By: Keerthi Mohan

A blast on Monday (11) killed 13 people and wounded more than 25 people during rush hour at the entrance to Afghanistan’s Rural Rehabilitation and Development Ministry in Kabul. The Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the attack, which comes as security has deteriorated in Afghanistan’s capital city ahead of elections scheduled for October. “Woman, children and employees of the [Rehabilitation] Ministry are among the victims,” Najib Danish, spokesman for the interior ministry, told Reuters. No children were among the dead. The suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the gate, and it wasn’t immediately known if all the victims…

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