From morning to evening on April 21, eight explosions thundered in Afghanistan. And this time, their main target was the Hazaras.
KABUL, MAZAR-I-SHARIF, KUNDUZ, April 21 - Sangar, Farzam Kazemi, Kari Ahmad, Jamshid Badakhshi.
Correspondents of the Sangar website report from three cities in Afghanistan that about ten small and large explosions occurred in four provinces of the country, most of them in Kabul, and the deadliest in Mazari Sharif.
According to these reports, the list of explosions is as follows:
- Explosion in Hogyani district of Nangarhar province:
A Taliban “Ranger” vehicle was detonated by a magnetic mine, killing at least four people and injuring others.
- Explosion at the Kambar crossroads in the city of Kabul:
At 11:30 a.m., there was an explosion in front of the Taloshi Danish (In Search of Knowledge) private school, where mostly Hazara children study. It is located at the crossroads of Kambar, the Fifth Division, the western part of the city of Kabul, where the Hazaras mainly live.
The Taliban Interior Ministry said two children were superficially injured in the blast.
“The explosion was caused by a mine planted in a roadside container for flowers,” the source said.
- Explosion in the Kutai Sangi area, Kabul city:
A roadside bomb exploded on the road of the Kapmani district, the Kutai Sangi district, also the Fifth Department of the city of Kabul. According to the information received, 5 civilians were killed and wounded.
- The explosion in the Shiite mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif:
At about 13:00 Kabul time, an explosion occurred at the Mahdiye Mosque, Sedukan district, located north of Ravzai Sharif, the city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
The Sedokan Mosque is the largest and oldest Shia and Hazara mosque in the center of Mazar-i-Sharif. A suicide bomber with a belt blew himself up in the afternoon inside a mosque where worshipers prayed at noon.
According to a detailed report from the Abu Ali Sina Balkhi hospital in Mazar-i-Sharif, which was handed over to Sangar, by 3:30 am Kabul time, the death toll had risen to 31 and 87 people had been injured.
One of the sources says that the condition of the wounded, all of whom are worshipers of the mosque, is critical.
“All the wards in the hospital are filled with the wounded, there is no place left. The condition of the wounded is grave,” the source said.
The remains of the suicide bomber, half of whose body was missing, were later found by Taliban police.
- Explosion in Kunduz:
A mined caster passenger minibus exploded in the center of Sari Davra, Kunduz city, killing at least five people and injuring six. These were government employees who were involved in distributing aid to the poor. According to sources, the mine exploded in the afternoon in front of the crowd. Most of the victims are civilians.
- Explosion in Faryab:
A roadside bomb killed four Taliban. There are no more details.
- Explosion in the Khoshkhalkhan area, the western part of Kabul:
There are no reports of casualties.
- Another explosion in Mazar-i-Sharif:
Around 19:00 pm, one rocket fell in the area of Zahiruddin Faryabi in Mazar-i-Sharif. According to preliminary data, three civilians were injured.
The Daesh terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack on a Shiite mosque in Mazar-i-Sharif. The nature of all these explosions shows that other terrorist attacks can also be the work of this group.
On April 18, this terrorist group launched a missile attack on the Uzbek border. Tashkent responded by sending about 60 fighter jets and helicopters to monitor the border over the next two days.
On April 19, ISIS suicide bombers carried out two attacks on two Hazara educational institutions in the Dashti Barchi district of western Kabul, killing and injuring about 60 people, mostly Hazara schoolchildren.
*The organization is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities.
