19 dead, 50 wounded in Kabul hospital attack: official

KABUL (HRNW) – At least 19 people were killed and 50 were injured when a Kabul hospital was attacked on Tuesday, a health ministry official said, after the Taliban confirmed two blasts and a witness reported gunfire.

“Nineteen dead bodies and about 50 wounded people have been taken to hospitals in Kabul,” the official, who asked not to be named, told .

On the other hand, two blasts rocked Kabul, injuring several people in an attack on a military hospital, Taliban officials and a doctor said, as a witness also reported gunfire.

The explosions were the latest in a string of attacks in the weeks since the Taliban seized power in August, following a two-decade insurgency against the US-backed government.

The Taliban struggle to bring stability to Afghanistan has been dogged by a series of bloody assaults by the extremist.

Tuesday’s attack has not yet been claimed by any group.

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