Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 28 Dec 2017, 09:31 am Print
Kabul, Dec 28 (JEN): At least 40 people were killed in a suicide attack in Kabul on Thursday morning, report said.
Among the deceased were journalists, women and children.
Tebyan, the cultural centre attacked today, is a pro-Iran institution, run by religious figure Hussaini Mazari. Tebyan owns a news agency, AVA. Founded in Mashhad two decades ago, Tebyan was operating in Kabul after the Taliban regime. Most of those 40 killed today were visitors.
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Local Tolo News reported that social activists had gathered at Tebyan social and cultural activity center when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives.
The attack took place at around 10:30 am.
Officials said that there were at least two, if not more, suicide attackers, who hurled grenades during the attack.
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