KABUL, Oct 28 ― The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group claimed on its Telegram channel yesterday that it was behind a blast at a sports club that killed four people in the...
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An Afghan police personnel inspects the Mellat boxing club, a day after an explosion took place at the site in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood of Kabul on October 27, 2023. ― AFP picKABUL, Oct 28 ― The Islamic State jihadist group claimed on its Telegram channel yesterday that it was behind a blast at a sports club that killed four people in the Afghan capital the night before.
He added that seven people were injured in the blast, revising the initial toll of two dead and nine injured.The explosion ripped through a sports club several floors up in the commercial centre, blowing out all the sides of the space and shattering windows and causing damage throughout the block, AFP journalists saw on Friday.
AFP journalists saw several heavy bags used for combat sport training on the floor of the club, others still hanging and pocked with fragments from the blast.They have been persecuted for decades, targeted by the Taliban during their insurgency against the former US-backed government as well as by IS.
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