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Six people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in Kabul on Monday, close to where scores of Afghans had been protesting against Taliban attacks on the minority Hazara group. Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish said 20 were wounded in the blast, in front of a high school in the downtown area of the Afghan capital.
Civilian victims
Initial reports indicated that most of the victims were members of the security forces, but Mr. Danish said civilians, including several women, had borne the brunt of the carnage. “The suicide attacker on foot wanted to target protesters, but he was stopped at a security checkpoint some 200 metres (660 feet) from the site,” Interior Ministry deputy spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said. The centre of Kabul was blanketed with heavier-than-usual security for the protest, which began on Sunday night and continued into Monday. The Islamic State group (IS) claimed responsibility for the attack, its propaganda agency Amaq said. IS has claimed most suicide attacks in Kabul in recent months. In other violence, a Taliban attack on Khak Safid district in the western province of Farah overnight killed up to 40 local police personnel and civilians, said provincial council member Dadullah Qaneh.
