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Bomb explodes near movie theater in south-eastern Afghanistan
Kabul, July 11: A bomb exploded near a movie theater in south-eastern Afghanistan, a security official said today. There were no casualties.No one claimed responsibility for the attack yesterday in khost.
Kabul, July 11: A bomb exploded near a movie
theater in south-eastern Afghanistan, a security official said
today. There were no casualties.No one claimed responsibility for the attack
yesterday in khost.
But Mohammed Dawd, The Chief Of Security For The Khost
Provincial Governor, blamed Taliban fugitives, who have also
been accused of regularly attacking US-led coalition forces
in the area.
The former Taliban regime practiced a radical and
strict form of Islam that outlawed most entertainment,
including movies, music and photography. The Taliban were
ousted in the US-led coalition's war on terror in 2001.
However, in recent months there have been stepped up
attacks by suspected Taliban fugitives, Al-Qaida and
loyalists of renegade rebel leader, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
Yesterday's attack was the second against a movie
theater in recent weeks. On June 27, assailants tossed a
grenade into a theater in southern Helmand province, a former
Taliban stronghold where attacks against coalition forces and
foreign aid workers have taken place. Three Afghan guards
nearby were wounded.
Bureau Report.
Bureau Report.