Afghan Ashura Death Toll Rises to 84

Navideshahed: The death toll from unprecedented bomb attacks targeting Shi'ite Muslims on their holiest day of Ashura in Afghanistan has risen to 84, the interior ministry says.

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يکشنبه - ۱۲ اسفند ۲۰۱۱ / 2011 12 December

The co-ordinated attacks struck Shi'ites in Kabul and the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on December 6.

"What we have in our records here is that 80 people were killed in Kabul, including six children and 150 were wounded. Four were killed in Mazar," said Sediq Sediqqui, spokesman for the Afghan interior ministry.

On Sunday, President Hamid Karzai said the toll had climbed to at least 80. A local resident told AFP that bodies and body parts were still being recovered from the river running alongside the Kabul shrine.

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Source: AFP

The co-ordinated attacks struck Shi'ites in Kabul and the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on December 6. "What we have in our records here is that 80 people were killed in Kabul, including six children and 150 were wounded. Four were killed in Mazar," said Sediq Sediqqui, spokesman for the Afghan interior ministry. On Sunday, President Hamid Karzai said the toll had climbed to at least 80. A local resident told AFP that bodies and body parts were still being recovered from the river running alongside the Kabul shrine. The End Source: AFP