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Death toll in Kabul attack rises to 43: health ministry
KABUL, Dec 25, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – An hours-long gun and suicide attack on a
Kabul government compound killed at least 43 people, the health ministry said
Tuesday, making it one of the deadliest assaults on the Afghan capital this
year.
Another 10 were wounded in Monday’s raid on a site where the Ministry of
Public Works and other offices are located, spokesman Waheed Majroh said.
Gunmen stormed the compound mid-afternoon after detonating a car bomb at
the entrance, sending terrifying government workers running for their lives.
Some jumped from the windows.
Hundreds more were trapped inside buildings as security forces swarmed the
area, engaging in a fierce gun battle with the attackers.
It was the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital since a suicide bomber
blew himself up in the middle of a religious gathering last month, killing at
least 55 people.
BSS/AFP/GMR/1013 hrs