Two bomb blasts apparently targeting Shia Muslim shrines as hundreds of people gathered to mark the day of Ashoura have killed at least 54 people and injured scores more, according to Afghan police and media reports.
At least 50 people were killed by a suicide bomber who detonated explosives at the gate of the Abu-Ul Fazil shrine in the capital Kabul on Tuesday, a security official told the AFP news agency....Read More,
Shia shrines targeted in deadly Afghan blasts - Central & South Asia - Al Jazeera English
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
(Reuters)- Afghan Shi'ite shrine blast kills 48
(Reuters) - A suicide bomber attacked a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Kabul on Tuesday killing at least 48 people in unprecedented sectarian violence a day after Afghanistan's Western allies pledged long-term support once their troops leave....Read More
52 Afghans killed in Ashura bomb blasts
Tue Dec 6, 2011 9:3AM
People remove the bodies of those killed in an explosion during a religious ceremony in the centre of Afghanistan's capital of Kabul, December 6, 2011.
At least 52 Afghans have lost their lives in two separate explosions in Afghanistan's Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif as Shia Muslims were commemorating the martyrdom of the third Shia Imam, Imam Hussein (PBUH), Press TV reports.
On Tuesday, a bomb went off in the centre of Kabul, where Shias had gathered to commemorate the day of Ashura and the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, AFP reported.
At least 48 people, including children, were killed and more than 100 others wounded in the bloody attack.
Hashmatullah Stanekzai, a spokesman for Kabul police, said that the blast took place at the Abu Fazel shrine where worshippers had gathered for mourning rituals.
In a separate incident, four Afghans, including a soldier, were killed in a bomb blast near a mosque in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif in Balkh Province on Tuesday.
Millions of Shia Muslims across the globe are holding mourning rituals to honor Imam Hossein (PBUH), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and a number of his loyal companions who were brutally killed while fighting for justice in Karbala, Iraq, over 1,300 years ago.
Press TV
People remove the bodies of those killed in an explosion during a religious ceremony in the centre of Afghanistan's capital of Kabul, December 6, 2011.
At least 52 Afghans have lost their lives in two separate explosions in Afghanistan's Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif as Shia Muslims were commemorating the martyrdom of the third Shia Imam, Imam Hussein (PBUH), Press TV reports.
On Tuesday, a bomb went off in the centre of Kabul, where Shias had gathered to commemorate the day of Ashura and the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, AFP reported.
At least 48 people, including children, were killed and more than 100 others wounded in the bloody attack.
Hashmatullah Stanekzai, a spokesman for Kabul police, said that the blast took place at the Abu Fazel shrine where worshippers had gathered for mourning rituals.
In a separate incident, four Afghans, including a soldier, were killed in a bomb blast near a mosque in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif in Balkh Province on Tuesday.
Millions of Shia Muslims across the globe are holding mourning rituals to honor Imam Hossein (PBUH), the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and a number of his loyal companions who were brutally killed while fighting for justice in Karbala, Iraq, over 1,300 years ago.
Press TV
عزاداران عاشورا در کابل، قندهار و مزار شریف هدف بمبگذاری قرار گرفتند
مراسم عزاداری عاشورا در شهرهای کابل، مزار شریف و قندهار هدف حمله انتحاری قرار گرفته چندین نفر کشته و دهها زخمی بجا گذاشته است.
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Monday, December 5, 2011
کنفرانس بن؛ تقاضا برای شنیدن صدای فراموش شده ها
همزمان با برگزاری کنفرانس بن، شماری از روشنفکران و فعالان فرهنگی و سیاسی افغانستان نسبت به توزیع نابرابر امکانات و فرصتها در طول ده سال گذشته انتقاد کرده اند
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BBC; A year of suffering for Pakistan's Shias
Hundreds of people belonging to the minority Shia community have been killed in Pakistan in 2011. Most of the killings have taken place in the western province of Balochistan.... Read More
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