Saturday, February 27, 2016

Media: the number of victims of the explosion in Afghanistan has increased to 40 – RIA Novosti

 Afghan police. Archival photo

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MOSCOW, February 27 – RIA Novosti The number of victims in the bombing, carried out by a suicide bomber in the town of Asadabad in Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan. has risen to 40 people, the death toll of 11 people, the agency said Pazhwak.

Previously reported 10 dead and 15 wounded.

Director of national intelligence USA James Clapper at a hearing in the US Senate

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it is reported that the explosion was carried out by the house of the provincial governor.

The situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated markedly in recent months. The radical movement “Taliban” previously had overwhelmed a large area in the rural areas of the country, launched a major offensive on the city. Also on the territory of the country has increased the influence of the radical group “Islamic state”.

“Taliban” and IG considered competing factions. In mid-June, the media reported that members of the movement “Taliban” sent a letter to “the Islamic state” with an appeal not to interfere in the affairs of the Taliban in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan factional earlier clashes.

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