On 22 April 2018, a
suicide bombing killed 70 people and wounded dozens more Sunday at a voter registration center in Koche Mahtab Qala, in the
Hazara-majority
Dashte Barchi area of western
Kabul
Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Acco ...
,
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
. In addition to the fatalities, at least 120 others were injured in the attack.
Reactions
ISIL's Afghan branch claimed responsibility for the attack through
Amaq News Agency, saying it had targeted
Shia
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, mo ...
Hazara.
Internationally, the attack was condemned by nations including the U.S., and organizations including the
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoniz ...
.
See also
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Wakil Hussain Allahdad
Wakil Hussain Allahdad (1986-2018) was an ethnic Hazara wrestler, entrepreneur and community first responder in Afghanistan.
History
Wakil Hussain Allahdad was born in 1986 in Afghanistan in a family who were members of the Hazara ethnic gro ...
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