Gunmen storm a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kabul, killing at least four people and injuring five others, Afghanistan's Interior Ministry says.
"We are aware of the on-going attack on the MSF-supported Dasht-e-Barchi hospital in Kabul. The Afghan Special Forces are at the scene. For now, our priority is the safety of our patients and staff," a spokeswoman said by email.it runs a"busy maternity service" at the public hospital, in"one of the poorest neighborhoods in Afghanistan’s capital." Cases include complications around childbirth such as postpartum hemorrhage, pre-eclampsia, and placental abruption.
Meanwhile, a separate grim killing was also unfolding in Jalalabad Province, east of the capital where at least 15 people were killed and 65 injured during an explosion at a funeral ceremony of a police commander in Nangarhar, Attaullah Khogyani a provincial spokesman, said in written statement. On Monday, security forces said they had arrested three senior Islamic State members including a regional leader.
Roadside blasts in the capital on Monday, which wounded four civilians, were also claimed by the group.
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