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Blast in Kabul claims 2 lives, injures 12

STORY: Blast in Kabul claims 2 lives, injures 12 SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 11, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the blast site in Kabul 2. SOUNDBITE (Dari): ABDUL RAUF, Eyewitness 3. various of the blast site in Kabul STORYLINE: Two people were killed and 12 others injured as a blast rocked Dasht-i-Barchi area in the western edge of Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan on Thursday, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said. "A preliminary investigation indicates that a hand grenade exploded in a business center in Dasht-i-Barchi area today, killing two persons and injuring 12 others," Zadran told reporters. Blaming the terror attack, Zadran asserted that the security forces would do their best to ensure security for all citizens of the country. SOUNDBITE (Dari): ABDUL RAUF, Eyewitness "I was passing by the area and saw many people and security forces and the ambulances were shifting the injured people to the hospital." This is t

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-BLAST

(240111) -- KABUL, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People gather at an explosion site in Kabul, Afghanistan, Jan. 11, 2024. Two persons were killed and 12 others injured as a blast rocked Dasht-i-Barchi area in the western edge of Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan on Thursday, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-BLAST

(240111) -- KABUL, Jan. 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 11, 2024 shows an explosion site in Kabul, Afghanistan. Two persons were killed and 12 others injured as a blast rocked Dasht-i-Barchi area in the western edge of Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan on Thursday, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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Blast kills 2, injures 9 in Kabul

STORY: Blast kills 2, injures 9 in Kabul DATELINE: Oct. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of scenes of incident STORYLINE: Two persons were killed and nine others were injured as a blast hit the Police District 18 of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, on Thursday evening, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said. The blast took place in a market and police have initiated an investigation to determine the reason for the blast, the official said, without providing more details. Locals said that the blast occurred at around 7:30 p.m. local time in the Dasht-e-Barchi area, inflicting casualties. This is the second blast in Dasht-e-Barch over the past two weeks. Previously, in the parking lot of a market in Dasht-e-Barch, three cars were damaged in a blast. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul. (XHTV)

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-BLAST

(220525) -- KABUL, May 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 24, 2022 shows the site of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan. Casualties feared as blast heard in western Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, eyewitnesses said. The eyewitnesses who declined to be named said that the blast took place close to a student class in Dasht-e-Barchi area, a suburb of Police District 18 around noon. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-BLAST

(220525) -- KABUL, May 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 24, 2022 shows the site of a blast in Kabul, Afghanistan. Casualties feared as blast heard in western Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, eyewitnesses said. The eyewitnesses who declined to be named said that the blast took place close to a student class in Dasht-e-Barchi area, a suburb of Police District 18 around noon. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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Casualties feared as blast heard in Kabul, Afghanistan

STORY: Casualties feared as blast heard in Kabul, Afghanistan DATELINE: May 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:36 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the blast in Kabul STORYLINE: Casualties feared as a blast heard in western Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, eyewitnesses said. The eyewitnesses who declined to be named said that the blast took place close to a student class in Dasht-e-Barchi area, a suburb of Police District 18 around noon. Meanwhile, Kabul Police spokesman Khalid Zadran confirmed the blast and said in his twitter account, "Preliminary information indicates that cylinder of gas exploded in a shop in Naqash area of Police District 18 today and firefighters have arrived at the site to extinguish the fire." This is the second blast in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul since Sunday. In the previous blast which occurred next to a hotel on Sunday, one person sustained injury, according to the police. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul. (XHTV)

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Blast wounds 1 civilian in Afghan capital of Kabul

STORY: Blast wounds 1 civilian in Afghan capital of Kabul DATELINE: April 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the blast site STORYLINE: One civilian sustained injury as a blast struck a vehicle in Police District 2 of Afghanistan's Kabul city on Wednesday, police spokesman Khalid Zadran said. A sticky bomb targeted a civilian vehicle in Qwai Markaz area injuring a civilian on Wednesday, Zadran said without providing more details. In the meantime, an eyewitness on condition of anonymity claimed that two security personnel of the administration were injured in the blast. This is the second security incident in form of a blast in Kabul over the past two days. Over two dozen civilians, mostly school children were killed or injured in three blasts that rocked the Dasht-e-Barchi area on the western edge of Kabul city on Tuesday. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul. (XHTV)

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2 blasts kill 6 in Kabul: police

STORY: 2 blasts kill 6 in Kabul: police DATELINE: April 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Abdul Rahim Shahid school in Kabul, where a blast took place STORYLINE: Twin blasts claimed six lives and injured 11 others in the Dasht-e-Barchi area of Afghanistan's Kabul city on Tuesday, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said. "In the two blasts that happened next to Abdul Rahim Shahid school at 10:00 a.m. local time today in Police District 18, six countrymen were martyred and 11 others sustained injury," Zadran said on his Twitter account. The victims, according to Zadran, belonged to the Shiite Muslims sect. Without providing more details, Zadran added that security forces cordoned off the area and the investigation was underway. In the meantime, eyewitnesses without giving their names say that three blasts were heard and two of them targeted education centers in the Dasht-e-Barchi area on the western edge of Kabul city. According to the ey

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-SCHOOL-BLASTS

(220419) -- KABUL, April 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An Afghan security member stands guard outside Abdul Rahim Shahid school near the site of two blasts in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 19, 2022. The war-weary Kabul residents once again were shocked by twin blasts that targeted a school in Dasht-e-Barchi area in Police District 18 as six persons, obviously school children, were killed and 11 others injured on Tuesday. The twin blasts took place at 10:00 a.m. local time. According to locals, the first blast occurred outside the school when the students were coming out and the second blast came when people gathered to help the injured ones from the first blast. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-SCHOOL-BLASTS

(220419) -- KABUL, April 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security members stand guard outside Abdul Rahim Shahid school near the site of two blasts in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 19, 2022. The war-weary Kabul residents once again were shocked by twin blasts that targeted a school in Dasht-e-Barchi area in Police District 18 as six persons, obviously school children, were killed and 11 others injured on Tuesday. The twin blasts took place at 10:00 a.m. local time. According to locals, the first blast occurred outside the school when the students were coming out and the second blast came when people gathered to help the injured ones from the first blast. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-SCHOOL-BLASTS

(220419) -- KABUL, April 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security members stand guard outside Abdul Rahim Shahid school near the site of two blasts in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 19, 2022. The war-weary Kabul residents once again were shocked by twin blasts that targeted a school in Dasht-e-Barchi area in Police District 18 as six persons, obviously school children, were killed and 11 others injured on Tuesday. The twin blasts took place at 10:00 a.m. local time. According to locals, the first blast occurred outside the school when the students were coming out and the second blast came when people gathered to help the injured ones from the first blast. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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Japan's NPO completes trip to chemically attacked Iran city

Shizuko Tsuya (2nd from R), chief of Japanese nonprofit organization MOCT, and its members meet with reporters on July 2, 2017, in Tehran after completing a trip to the northwestern Iran city of Sar Dasht, which was attacked 30 years ago with chemical weapons during the Iran-Iraq War. The Hiroshima-based MOCT has provided medical support to the victims of the attacks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's NPO members visit Iran city

Shizuko Tsuya (L), chief of a Japanese nonprofit organization MOCT, visits on June 29, 2017, the northwestern Iran city of Sar Dasht, which was attacked 30 years ago with chemical weapons during the Iran-Iraq War. The Hiroshima-based MOCT has provided medical supports to the victims of the attacks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's NPO members visit Iran city

Members of a Japanese nonprofit organization MOCT are welcomed on June 29, 2017, by residents of the northwestern Iran city of Sar Dasht, which was attacked 30 years ago with chemical weapons during the Iran-Iraq War. The Hiroshima-based MOCT has provided medical supports to the victims of the attacks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo