12 killed in explosions at Kabul funeral

At least 12 people were killed in three explosions in Kabul near the funeral for a victim of violent clashes between Afghan police and protesters, a security official and a witness at the scene said.


The witness said 12 people had been killed and 18 wounded.

Afghanistan's Tolo News television reported that as many as 18 were killed.

Protesters demanding the resignation of the Afghan government after this week's truck bomb clashed with riot police in the capital yesteday in a confrontation that resulted in at least four dead.

Wednesday's bomb attack, at the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, was one of the worst in Kabul since the US-led campaign to topple the Taliban in 2001.

More than 1,000 demonstrators, many carrying pictures of bomb victims, rallied near the site of the blast,which killed more than 80 people and wounded 460.

They held President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah responsible.
  [rte.ie]
3/6/17
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