Two bomb blasts kill at least 14 in Afghanistan’s Bamiyan
Victims included 12 civilians and two traffic police officers, with 45 others suffering wounds.
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Teens among 24 killed at Kabul education centre bombing
Fifty-seven people also wounded in blast in area of capital that is home to many from Afghanistan’s Shia community. The death toll from a suicide bomb attack at an education centre in Afghanistan’s capital has risen to 24, officials have said, with many of the victims being teenage students.
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Taliban reaches out to Shias
The Taliban insurgency seems to be pulling all the stops it can to gain political legitimacy in Afghanistan ahead of the intra-Afghan peace talks. In a new video message from the Taliban, released on April 22, the group seeks the support of the Hazara Shias and wants to recruit from the long persecuted minority.
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