ການໂຈມຕີສະຫຼະຊີບໃສ່ຕຶກ ໃນນະຄອນຫຼວງກາບູລ (Kabul) ທີ່ເປັນບ່ອນຕັ້ງຂອງ
ສູນກາງວັດທະນະທຳມຸສລິມຊາວຊີໄອຕ໌ (Shi’ite) ທີ່ພົວພັນກັບອີຣ່ານ ໄດ້ສັງຫານ
ຜູ້ຄົນ ແລະເຮັດໃຫ້ບາດເຈັບຫຼາຍສິບຄົນ.
ທ່ານ ນູສຣັຕ໌ ຣາຮີມີ (Nusrat Rahimi) ຮອງໂຄສົກ ຂອງກະຊວງພາຍໃນອັຟກາ
ນິສຖານ ໄດ້ຢືນຢັນກັບ ວີໂອເອ (VOA) ວ່າ ມີ 40 ຄົນ ໄດ້ຖືກສັງຫານ ແລະອີກ 30 ຄົນ
ໄດ້ຮັບບາດເຈັບ ແລະຄາດວ່າ ຈຳນວນຜູ້ບາດເຈັບ ຈະເພີ່ມຂຶ້ນ.
ກຸ່ມລັດອິສລາມ ໄດ້ອອກມາອ້າງຄວາມຮັບຜິດຊອບ ໃນການໂຈມຕີຄັ້ງນີ້. ຖະແຫຼງການ
ສະບັບນຶ່ງໃນສື່ສັງຄົມອອນໄລນ໌ ໄດ້ລະບຸວ່າ ການໂຈມຕີນີ້ ແມ່ນເປັນການສະຫຼະຊີບ
ແລະວ່າລະເບີດອີກ 3 ລູກ ກໍໄດ້ຖືກນຳໃຊ້. ການໂຈມຕີກ່ອນໜ້ານັ້ນ ໃສ່ໂບດ ສະຖານທີ່ສັກກາລະບູຊາ ແລະທຳມະກິດ ຂອງຊາວຊີໄອຕ໌ ໃນນະຄອນກາບູລ ແລະໃນສະຖານທີ່
ອື່ນໆ ໃນອັຟການິສຖານ ກໍແມ່ນກຸ່ມລັດອິສລາມ ໄດ້ອ້າງເອົາຄວາມຮັບປິດຊອບ.
ຜູ້ວາງລະເບີດ ຕາມທີ່ພວກເຫັນເຫດການໄດ້ລາຍງານນັ້ນ ໄດ້ລະເບີດຕົວເອງຕາຍ
ໃກ້ໆກັບສະຖານທີ່ຊຸມນຸມກັນ ໃນຫ້ອງໃຕ້ດິນໃນຕຶກສູນວັດທະນະທຳ ສັງຄົມ ເທັບຢານ
ຫຼື Tebyan Social and Culture Center ບໍ່ດົນ ກ່ອນລະເບີດລູກອື່ນໆຈະແຕກຂຶ້ນ.
ທ່ານ ໂມຫາມັດ ຊາເບີຣ໌ ນາຊີບ (Mahammad Sabir Nasib) ຜູ້ອຳນວຍການ
ໂຮງພະຍາບານກາບູລ ໄດ້ບອກວີໂອເອ ວ່າ ພວກເຂົາເຈົ້າໄດ້ຮັບມາຢ່າງນ້ອຍ 11 ສົບ
ແລະອີກ 18 ຄົນ ທີ່ “ບາດເຈັບສາຫັດ” ໂດຍກ່າວວ່າ ຈຳນວນຜູ້ຄົນບາດເຈັບລົ້ມຕາຍນັ້ນ
ແມ່ນຈະມີເພີ່ມຂຶ້ນ. ພວກແມ່ຍິງ ກໍແມ່ນ ສ່ວນນຶ່ງໃນຈຳນວນພວກທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບເຄາະ
ອີງຕາມຄຳເວົ້າຂອງທ່ານ.
ສຳນັກງານ ສຽງອັຟການິສຖານ (Afghan Voice Agency) ທີ່ເປັນ ອົງການຂ່າວ
ຕັ້ງຢູ່ໃກ້ໆກັບສູນວັດທະນະທຳດັ່ງກ່າວ. ອົງການຂ່າວຣອຍເຕີສ໌ (Reuters) ລາຍງານ
ວ່າ ຢ່າງນ້ອຍ ນັກຂ່າວຈາກອົງການຂ່າວ (AVA) ກໍແມ່ນຜູ້ນຶ່ງທີ່ຖືກສັງຫານ.
ປະທານາທິບໍດີ ອາຊຣາຟ ການີ (Ashraf Ghani) ໄດ້ເອີ້ນການໂຈມຕີນີ້ວ່າ “ເປັນອາ
ຊາຍາກຳ ຕໍ່ຕ້ານມວນມະນຸດ.”
ທຳນຽບປະທານາທິບໍດີ ໄດ້ກ່າວໃນຖະແຫຼງການສະບັບນຶ່ງ ວ່າ ລັດຖະບານອັຟກາ
ນິສະຖານ ໄດ້ໃຫ້ຄຳໝັ້ນສັນຍາ ວ່າຈະຕັດຮາກຖອນໂຄນພວກກໍ່ການຮ້າຍນີ້.
A suicide attack on a building in Kabul that houses a Shi'ite Muslim cultural center with ties to Iran, has killed and wounded dozens of people.
Nusrat Rahimi, a deputy spokesman at Afghanistan's Interior Ministry, confirmed to VOA that 40 people were killed and 30 more wounded and he expects the casualty toll will increase.
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack. An online statement said the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber, and that three other bombs were also used. Previous attacks on Shi'ite worship places and processions in Kabul and elsewhere in Afghanistan were also claimed by Islamic State.
The bomber, witnesses reported, blew himself up near a big meeting in the basement of the Tebyan Social and Cultural Center building shortly before other devices went off.
Mohammad Sabir Nasib, director at a Kabul hospital, told VOA they have received at least 11 bodies and 18 "critically" injured people, saying the death toll was likely to increase. Women were also among the victims, he added.
The offices of the Afghan Voice Agency (AVA), a news organization, are near the cultural center. Reuters reports that at least one AVA journalist is among those killed.
President Ashraf Ghani called the attack a "crime against humanity."
The presidential palace said in a statement the Afghan government is committed to eliminating terrorism.
"Terrorists groups and their backers must know that the Afghan people are united and stand firm to any plot carried out by their enemies; these heinous attacks will not break the resolve of the Afghan people," the statement read.
NATO's Resolute Support mission in a statement condemned the bloodshed.
"Cultural advancement and freedom of speech will not be deterred. Our mutual enemies must know they will not win and the Afghan people will not be silenced," said the mission, which comprises mostly American troops.
The Taliban insurgency distanced itself from the attack, saying its fighters do not target civilian facilities, especially those housing education and cultural centers.
Meanwhile, an overnight bomb blast in the northern province of Balkh killed at least six children. The incident took place in the district of Dawlatabad. Officials reported the victims found an improvised explosive device planted by anti-government militants, and were playing with it when it exploded.
