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Afghan Interior Ministry Confirms 24 Killed in Kabul Blast

© AFP 2023 / Manjunath KiranA general view of Kabul city beneath Koh-e Asmai, popularly called the TV Mountain
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A total of 24 people were killed and over 40 injured in the explosion that occurred on Monday morning in Kabul, local media reported citing the country’s Interior Ministry.

A combination of still images taken from a video released by the U.S. Department of Defense on April 14, 2017 shows (clockwise) the explosion of a MOAB, or mother of all bombs, when it struck the Achin district of the eastern province of Nangarhar, Afghanistan, bordering Pakistan. - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the TOLOnews broadcaster, the numbers were confirmed by Najib Danish, the ministry’s spokesman.

The blast occurred at 06:45 a.m. local time (02:45 GMT) in Kabul’s Police District 3, near the house of second Chief Executive of Afghanistan Mohammad Mohaqiq.

Earlier in the day, the Afghan Health Ministry said that 12 people were killed in the explosion.

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