At least 100 people have been killed and wounded after a suicide bomb attack tore through in Afghanistan's northeastern Kunduz province on Friday, as per reports. "Our initial findings show that it is a suicide attack," Matiullah Rohani, director of culture and information in Kunduz, told news agency AFP. Further, Dost Mohammad Obaida, the deputy police chief for Kunduz province, said that the “majority of people there have been killed." Zalmai Alokzai, a local businessman who rushed to Kunduz Provincial Hospital to check whether doctors needed blood donations, described horrific scenes. Often targeted by Sunni extremists, Shiite Muslims have suffered some of Afghanistan's most violent assaults, with rallies bombed, hospitals targeted and commuters ambushed.

Source: Mint October 08, 2021 11:55 UTC