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So far, no one has claimed responsibility for the attack on a hospital in Kabul.

The largest military hospital was attacked in Kabul, at least 19 people were killed / Photo by Reuters

At the largest military hospital in the Afghan capital of Kabul explosions thunderedand there was shooting.

It is reported by German wave with reference to AFP.

Several attackers attacked the largest military hospital in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday, November 2, at least 19 people were killed and 50 were injured, according to AFP.

At the same time, representatives of the Ministry of Defense in the government formed by the radical Islamist group “Taliban”, said that there were “many” civilian casualties, but did not give specific numbers. Officials officially responsible for the health sector have reported a total of three dead and six injured so far.

Read alsoSeveral US departments open an investigation over the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan – mediaThe incident took place in the center of Kabul, in the hospital named after Muhammad Daud Khan, where they provide medical assistance to the Taliban fighters.

According to the Associated Press, citing representatives of the Ministry of Defense in the Taliban government, the six attackers first detonated a bomb at the entrance to the building, and then tried to break through, but they were stopped by Taliban fighters.

The Taliban said that their security forces seized two of the six attackers, the rest were killed. So far, no one has taken responsibility for what they have done.

Recall after Taliban seized power in Afghanistan this August, the country was stirred up by a series of attacks and terrorist attacks.

Responsibility for them has been largely claimed by the Islamic State (IS), which is fighting the Taliban.

In particular, it was the Afghan branch of IS that claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack near the Kabul airport in September, which killed more than 100 civilian Afghans, as well as 13 US military personnel. IS also claimed responsibility for a terrorist attack in a mosque in the Afghan city of Kandahar in October, which killed more than 40 people.

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