UN condemns deadly twin bombings in Kabul

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 6 (APP):The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) condemned an attack on a Kabul sports centre on Wednesday, which killed at least 22 people, including first-responders, sportsmen, and two journalists who were covering the initial bombing for a local news agency.
Around 75 others were wounded, according to media reports.
The first of two blasts occurred when a suicide bomber detonated himself inside a gym at a wrestling event. A car bomb was triggered soon after, as first responders attended the scene.
“This latest cynical act of terror targeting ordinary citizens of Kabul, along with first responders and journalists, is deeply shocking,” Tadamichi Yamamoto, the UN Special Representative for Afghanistan, said in a statement.
The sports centre is located in Kabul’s Dashti-i-Barchi suburb.
UNAMA said it has documented a pattern of attacks deliberately carried out against the particular community in recent years, the latest of which occurred on August 15 at an education centre.
The UN Mission demanded that the orchestrators of this campaign of systematic attacks against the particular community face justice for their crimes.
It also expressed its deep concern over the heavy price paid by Afghan media during the years-long civil conflict, with the killing of journalists in Afghanistan being among the highest in the world, and extended its deep condolences to families who had lost loved ones and wished the injured a quick recovery.