No group promptly claimed the blasts, and the Taliban denied involvement. (Representational)
Kabul:
At least 14 persons had been killed in central Afghanistan on Tuesday when two blasts ripped by means of the city of Bamiyan, household to lots of members of the primarily Shiite Hazara ethnic minority, officials stated.
“Fourteen people have been killed and 45 more wounded in two (bomb) explosions,” Bamiyan police chief Zabardast Safi told AFP, adding that a visitors policeman was amongst these killed.
The explosives had been placed in two separate areas in the city, Bamiyan police spokesman Reza Yosufi stated.
Interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian confirmed the count
“We are investigating the deadly explosions in Bamiyan,” he stated.
“This is an unforgivable crime.”
No group promptly claimed the blasts, and the Taliban denied involvement.
In 2001, the Taliban blew up the giant, centuries-old Buddha statues that had been carved into cliff faces at Bamiyan, which has remained fairly conflict-absolutely free as the war raged across other components of Afghanistan.
Bamiyan is a well-liked tourist location that hosts a network of ancient caves housing temples, monasteries and Buddhist paintings.
The province is household primarily to the Hazara neighborhood.
The primarily Shiite minority has typically been targeted by extremists such as the Islamic State group and also by the Taliban in the 1990s.
In cities such as Kabul, Hazaras have noticed repeated attacks in their neighbourhoods, which includes a brutal daylight assault in the capital in May on a hospital maternity ward that left numerous mothers dead.
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