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Over 20 People Arrested Over Deadly Kabul Hospital Attack

© REUTERS / Omar SobhaniAfghan commando troops watch outside a military hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan March 8, 2017
Afghan commando troops watch outside a military hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan March 8, 2017 - Sputnik International
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A total of 23 people have been arrested in connection to the deadly March 9 attack on the Kabul hospital, which left 50 people dead, local media reported citing country's Defense Minister Abdullah Habibi.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Khaama news agency reported that Habibi informed the parliament on the arrests and that those arrested have charged with negligence on duty.

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During the attack four Islamic State terror group (banned in Russia) militants stormed the hospital, one of them detonating a bomb at the entrance and the others heading inside. The Afghan security forces killed all four assailants following an hours-long battle.

Afghanistan is experiencing political, social and security instability, in particular, due to the activity the terrorist movements the Taliban and the Islamic State, both outlawed in Russian and numerous other countries.

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