Harrowing video of children after Kabul attack shocks Afghanistan


Afghan firefighters wash the scene of a bomb blast in Kabul. Images of blood-soaked children crying over their unconscious mother have sparked nationwide outrage. – EPA pic, February 22, 2021.

A GRUESOME video of a Kabul blast site yesterday, showing bloodied children standing over an unconscious woman, quickly went viral and sparked fresh outrage in an already war-weary Afghanistan.

At least two people were killed and five others wounded in the explosion, which appeared to target security forces in the Afghan capital, said Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz.


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