{"id":1355,"date":"2018-01-12T14:31:20","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T14:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/?p=1355"},"modified":"2018-01-12T14:31:20","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T14:31:20","slug":"al-jazeera-deadly-suicide-blast-hits-afghan-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baileyonlineclassroom.com\/southandcentralasiablog\/2018\/01\/12\/al-jazeera-deadly-suicide-blast-hits-afghan-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Jazeera: Deadly suicide blast hits Afghan capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by: Colin Bunn<\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"megaheadline post-title\">Deadly suicide blast hits Afghan capital<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\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\/2018\/01\/deadly-suicide-blast-hits-afghan-capital-180104184313826.html\">Deadly suicide blast hits Afghan capital<\/a>last week<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2018\/01\/180103071219690.html\">Nikki Haley: Pakistan playing &#8216;double game&#8217; for years<\/a>last week<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2018\/01\/pakistan-war-words-donald-trump-tweet-180102055709366.html\">Pakistan-US war of words over Donald Trump&#8217;s tweet<\/a>last week<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2017\/12\/deadly-bombing-targets-afghan-official-funeral-171231140604149.html\">Deadly bombing targets Afghan official&#8217;s funeral<\/a>last week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"body-200771816342556199\" class=\"article-p-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"speakable\">At least 11 people have been killed in a suicide bombing targeting security forces in the Afghan capital Kabul.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Waheed Majrooh<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">, a s<\/span>pokesman for Afghanistan&#8217;s Ministry of Public Health,\u00a0told Al Jazeera\u00a0at least 25 others were wounded in Thursday&#8217;s attack, which happened in the Banaee area of Kabul&#8217;s PD9 district.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Najib Danish, deputy spokesman for the Afghan interior ministry, told Anadolu Agency that police officers and civilians were among the victims.<\/p>\n<p>Ambulances rushed to the scene to transfer the wounded to hospitals from the area close to the US embassy and other foreign missions.<\/p>\n<p>The blast happened as police reportedly were carrying out an operation searching for people who were suspected of selling alcohol illegally.<\/p>\n<p>The local Tolo News said 15 people were killed and another 20 people wounded in the bombing, which President\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/features\/2014\/07\/profile-ashraf-ghani-20147883632825529.html\">Mohammad Ashraf Ghani<\/a>\u00a0called an &#8220;inhuman terrorist attack&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-also-read article-embed-tb-block article-embedded-card \">\n<div class=\"topic-label\">READ MORE<\/div>\n<h4><a class=\"article-embed-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2017\/12\/deadly-bombing-targets-afghan-official-funeral-171231140604149.html\">Deadly bombing targets Afghan official&#8217;s funeral<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/organisations\/isis-isil.html\">ISIL<\/a>) group issued a statement via its Amaq propaganda site saying it was responsible for the blast.<\/p>\n<p>A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest targeted police officers and intelligence agents, killing or wounding about 80 of them, it said.<\/p>\n<p>The attack is the latest in a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2017\/06\/fear-penetrates-kabul-deadly-cycle-violence-170604074641834.html\">wave of violence<\/a>\u00a0that killed hundreds of civilians in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/country\/afghanistan.html\">Afghanistan<\/a>\u00a0in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Both ISIL and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/topics\/organisations\/taliban.html\">Taliban<\/a>\u00a0have carried out attacks in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday&#8217;s bombing happened days after a suicide attacker killed at least 41 people and wounded more than 80 others at a Shia cultural centre in Kabul, underlining the precarious security situation in the Afghan capital.<\/p>\n<p>It too was claimed by ISIL.<\/p>\n<p>Another attack during funeral prayers in Jalalabad city killed 15 people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by: Colin Bunn Al Jazeera Deadly suicide blast hits Afghan 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