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Deaths and injuries after massive blast rocks Kabul (PHOTOS)

Published time: 24 Jul, 2017 03:42 Edited time: 24 Jul, 2017 04:47

A suicide bomb attack in Kabul early Sunday has left at least 24 people dead and 40 others injured, interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish has confirmed. The number of casualties is expected to rise, according to an official.

Earlier, the health ministry reported at least 2 dead and six injured in the explosion.

At least 2 killed, 6 injured in #Kabul blast, casualties likely to increase: Health Ministry #AFG

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Pictures purportedly showing the blast’s devastation have been circulating on social media.

It is not clear who is behind the assault.

The explosion is said to have happened near the house of Mohammad Mohaqiq, an MP and founder and chairman of the People’s Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan.

Mohaqiq is also the second deputy of Chief Executive of Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah.

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