Kabul explosion: Casualties feared as blast targets protest march
An explosion has ripped through a protest march in the Afghan capital, Kabul, with casualties feared, officials say.
An explosion has ripped through a protest march in the Afghan capital, Kabul, with casualties feared, officials say.
Police are reportedly ferrying injured to hospital after the blast in Deh Mazang square.
The cause of the explosion remains unclear, although Tolo news cited unconfirmed reports that a suicide bomber had carried out the blast.
Thousands from the Hazara minority had been marching to demand changes to the route of a planned power line.
The demonstrators had waved banners and chanted “death to discrimination”, angry that the 500kV power transmission line from Turkmenistan to Kabul would not pass through Bamyan and Wardak provinces, which have large Hazara populations.
