HR head of Afghanistan Parliament among two killed in IED explosion in Kabul, two others injured

Among the dead is Afghan Parliament's head of HR department, Khalillullah

New Delhi, July 29: Explosion in the Kote Sangi area of Kabul, Afghanistan killed people and injured two others, police officials were quoted by a local television news network. The explosion was reportedly caused by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), according to eye witnesses. Among the dead is Afghan Parliament’s head of HR department, Khalillullah, official told TOLOnews.

Further details are awaited.

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BREAKING: Explosion heard in #Kot-e-#Sangee area of #Kabul: details to come
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Update #Kabul explosion: Eye witnesses report that at least one person was killed and three others wounded in the explosion
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BREAKING: Parliament’s head of HR department killed in Kote Sangi, Kabul, explosion: official
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Update Kabul explosion: Two people reportedly killed in #IED explosion in Kot-e-Sangee and two other wounded
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Kabul explosion: a source has aid that Afghan Parliament’s head of HR department Khalillullah killed in Kote Sangi, Kabul, explosion.
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This blast comes less than a week after a suicide bomb blast in Kabul killed 80 people and wounded more than 200 others. The suicide attack, which took place on Saturday, was later claimed by Daesh, the group that calls itself the Islamic State. The target of the attack were Hazaras, an ethnic group in Afghanistan which organised a demonstration demanding regional power lines to be rerouted through impoverished areas.