The latest on the Kabul explosion
12:53 (GMT+4) The death toll in the explosion outside a voter registration center in the Afghan capital Kabul on April 22 has grown to 31, and more than 50 people were injured, TOLOnews TV channel reported referring to official representative of Healthcare Ministry Vahid Majruk.
12:12 (GMT+4) A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a voter registration center in the Afghan capital Kabul on April 22, killing at least 12 people and wounding dozens as they waited to receive identity cards, officials said, Reuters reported.
Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danesh said a bomber on foot approached the center where officials had been issuing identity cards as part of a process of registering voters for the election scheduled for October.
A spokesman for the ministry of public health said at least 12 people were confirmed dead and 57 wounded. The explosion destroyed cars and shattered windows in nearby buildings, leaving rubble strewn across the street.
“There were women, children. Everyone had come to get their identity cards,” said Bashir Ahmad who had been nearby when the attack took place, after weeks of relative calm in the capital.
The blast took place in Dasht-e Barchi, an area of western Kabul inhabited by many members of the mainly Shi’ite Hazara minority, which has been repeatedly hit by attacks claimed by the “Islamic State” terrorist group.