IED

IED event in Balkh, Mazar-i-Sharif area, Afghanistan on Sun 12th March 2023

12th March 2023

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The ISIL (ISIS) armed group has claimed responsibility for a bomb attack that killed a security guard and wounded a group of journalists and children in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif this week. The blast targeting media workers was caused by a Òparcel bomb that IS fighters managed to place and detonaÓ, the group said in a statement via its Amaq News Agency on Sunday.

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Balkh ( Mazar-i-Sharif area )

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