Around 40 killed in Kabul blasts targeting cuturaql centre
Kabul, Afghanistan, (MILLAT ONLINE):Around 40 people were killed and dozens more wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a
cultural centre in Kabul on Thursday, officials said, in the latest violence to hit the city.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the Taliban was quick to deny involvement in
the assault near the Afghan Voice Agency, a media outlet which earlier reports had suggested could have
been the target.
Deputy interior ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi told AFP the attack was in fact aimed at the
Tabayan cultural centre in the west of the city.
“The suicide attacker detonated himself during a gathering at Tabayan cultural centre causing a
lot of casualties,” Rahimi said.
The main explosion was followed by two smaller bomb blasts that did not cause casualties,
he said, adding that the gathering was being held to mark the 38th anniversary of Soviet invasion in
Afghanistan.