Explosions and gunfire hit Afghan military hospital with ‘ISIS fighters clashing with Taliban’
19 dead and dozens wounded in ‘ISIS’ attack on Afghanistan’s biggest military hospital: Militants storm building, set off explosives and clash with Taliban security forces
At least two explosions rocked the Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan hospitalThere was no initial claim of responsibility but ISIS fighters were seen in hospitalISIS has carried out a series of attacks against the Taliban since August
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At least 19 people have been killed with dozens more wounded after explosions and gunfire rocked Afghanistan’s biggest military hospital in an apparent ISIS attack.
Militants entered the 400-bed Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan hospital and opened fire after clashing with Taliban security forces, witnesses said.
Interior ministry spokesman Qari Saeed Khosty said: ‘Security forces are deployed to the area, there is no information about casualties.’
ISIS fighters entered the 400-bed Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan hospital and opened fire after clashing with Taliban security forces, witnesses said
A man holding a young girl flees the scene after bombs targeted the military hospital in Kabul
Staff at an emergency hospital prepare to receive dozens of victims after the explosions and gunfire
There was no confirmation of casualty numbers but a Taliban security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said there were at least 15 dead and 34 wounded.
Italian aid group Emergency, which runs a trauma hospital said nine wounded had been brought in so far.
Photographs shared by residents showed a plume of smoke over the area of the blasts near the former diplomatic zone in the Wazir Akbar Khan area in central Kabul.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
But the official Bakhtar news agency quoted witnesses saying a number of Islamic State fighters entered the hospital.
ISIS fighters entered the 400-bed Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan hospital and opened fire after clashing with Taliban security forces, witnesses said
Italian aid group Emergency, which runs a trauma hospital said nine wounded had been brought in so far
The blasts add to a growing list of attacks and killings since the Taliban completed their victory over the previous Western-backed government in August
A health worker at the hospital, who managed to escape, said he heard a large explosion followed by a couple of minutes of gunfire. About ten minutes later, there was a second, larger explosion, he said.
He said it was unclear whether the blasts and the gunfire were inside the sprawling hospital complex.
The blasts add to a growing list of attacks and killings since the Taliban completed their victory over the previous Western-backed government in August, undermining their claim to have restored security to Afghanistan after decades of war.
Footage taken from the hospital appeared to show a body on the ground as armed fighters patrolled the grounds
Photographs shared by residents showed a plume of smoke over the area of the blasts near the former diplomatic zone
A helicopter circles ahead over the skies of Kabul after the Afghan capital was struck by two bomb blasts
Islamic State, which has carried out a series of attacks on mosques and other targets since the Taliban’s seizure of Kabul in August, mounted a complex attack on the 400-bed hospital in 2017, killing more than 30 people.
A health worker at the hospital, who managed to escape the site, said he heard a large explosion followed by a couple of minutes of gunfire. About ten minutes later, there was a second, larger explosion, he said.
He said it was unclear whether the blasts and the gunfire were inside the sprawling hospital complex, the largest military hospital in Afghanistan.
