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Suicide bomber kills three near Kabul cricket stadium

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Suicide bomber kills three near Kabul cricket stadium

A suicide bomber blew himself up near a cricket stadium in the Afghan capital Kabul on Wednesday, killing three people including a policeman and wounding five others, police said. The attacker detonated the bomb after he was stopped at a security checkpoint by suspicious police as he walked towards the Alokozay Kabul International Cricket Ground where a match was under way. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the latest in a series of deadly assaults in the city. “The security forces by sacrificing themselves have prevented…

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Thousands in Afghanistan protest mosque attack

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Thousands of protesters chanted slogans against the militant Islamic State group Wednesday as they carried the coffins of victims of an attack targeting a Shia mosque that killed 33 people in the western Afghan city of Herat. Afghan mourners offer funeral prayers near the coffins of victims following the attack. ─ AFP Up to 5,000 angry mourners, including relatives of the dead, congregated near the site of Tuesday’s suicide bomb attack as IS claimed responsibility for the latest atrocity targeting the minority community. “Death to Daesh (IS)!” and “Down with…

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