{"id":1106,"date":"2017-11-03T01:53:08","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T01:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/?p=1106"},"modified":"2017-11-03T01:53:08","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T01:53:08","slug":"deadly-bombing-in-kabul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/2017\/11\/03\/deadly-bombing-in-kabul\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly bombing in kabul"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"row article-top-header\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 article-top-header-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"article-heading\">\n<h1 class=\"post-title\">Deadly blast hits embassy district in Afghan capital<\/h1>\n<div class=\"article-heading-author-wrap\">\n<div class=\"article-heading-author-img\">\n<div class=\"article-heading-author-name\">\n<div class=\"article-duration\">31 Oct 2017<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-top-share-icon\" class=\"article-readToMe-share-block\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"row article-main-content-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 article-main-content\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<article id=\"main-article-block\" class=\"main-article-block clear-fix\">\n<div class=\"main-article-body\">\n<figure class=\"main-article-mediaCaption\">\n<div class=\"main-article-media\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive main-article-media-img lazy\" title=\"Deadly blast hits embassy district in Afghan capital\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/mritems\/imagecache\/mbdxxlarge\/mritems\/Images\/2017\/10\/31\/023eed34bd3044f7b2730b986c00445a_18.jpg\" alt=\"Deadly blast hits embassy district in Afghan capital\" \/><\/div><figcaption>The blast follows a series of attacks in or around Kabul this month [Massoud Hossaini\/AP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"article-more-on-block article-shaded-blocks article-embedded-card hidden-xs\">\n<h4 class=\"embeded-box-name\">MORE ON\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/country\/afghanistan.html\">AFGHANISTAN<\/a><\/h4>\n<ul class=\"article-more-on-ul\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2017\/10\/blast-hits-embassy-district-afghan-capital-171031115046173.html\">Deadly blast hits embassy district in Afghan capital<\/a>2 days ago<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/programmes\/insidestory\/2017\/10\/washington-alienate-pakistan-171024145539894.html\">Will Washington alienate Pakistan?<\/a>last week<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2017\/10\/suicide-bomb-attack-kills-15-army-trainees-kabul-171021140135397.html\">Suicide bomb attack kills 15 army trainees in Kabul<\/a>last week<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2017\/10\/dozens-feared-dead-attacks-afghanistan-171020142936566.html\">Deadly attacks hit mosques in Kabul and Ghor<\/a>last week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"body-200771816342556199\" class=\"article-p-wrapper\">\n<p>A suicide bomber has detonated explosives in the diplomatic area of Afghanistan&#8217;s capital, Kabul, killing at least three people and wounding 14 others, health officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The attack on Tuesday took place\u00a0at the\u00a014th street of Wazir Akbar Khan area, close to the defence ministry, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Ismail Kawoosi, spokesman for Afghanistan&#8217;s public health ministry,\u00a0said the wounded were taken to hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses told Al Jazeera that the blast had caused more than 10 casualties.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0defence ministry spokesman told Al Jazeera that the blast happened outside their building. It\u00a0was not immediately clear what the target of the attack was.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier local media reports had suggested the attack targeted the Australian embassy, which is also in the same area.<\/p>\n<p>A series of attacks in Kabul this month, including one at a Shia mosque, killed more than 70 people.<\/p>\n<p>In May, a massive\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2017\/05\/huge-blast-rocks-kabul-diplomatic-area-170531040318591.html\">truck bomb blast<\/a>\u00a0ripped through the diplomatic district, killing at least 80 people and wounding hundreds in a powerful explosion described by officials as &#8220;one of the biggest&#8221; to have hit the capital of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/country\/afghanistan.html\">Afghanistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body-artSource\">\n<p>SOURCE:\u00a0AL JAZEERA NEWS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deadly blast hits embassy district in Afghan capital 31 Oct 2017 The blast follows a series of attacks in or around Kabul this month [Massoud Hossaini\/AP] MORE ON\u00a0AFGHANISTAN Deadly blast hits embassy district in Afghan capital2 days ago Will Washington alienate Pakistan?last week Suicide bomb attack kills 15 army trainees in Kabullast week Deadly attacks hit mosques in Kabul and&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/2017\/11\/03\/deadly-bombing-in-kabul\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1106"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1107,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1106\/revisions\/1107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}