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Blast Hits Area Near Afghanistan's Supreme Court in Kabul

© AFP 2023 / WAKIL KOHSAR Afghan police and security personnel inspect the scene of a suicide car bomb attack near a district police headquarters in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul
Afghan police and security personnel inspect the scene of a suicide car bomb attack near a district police headquarters in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul - Sputnik International
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A heavy explosion hit the area of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul near the Supreme Court.

Afghan security personnel work at the site of an explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016 - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) –  The explosion killed at least four and wounded 12 people, according to local TOLOnews. A suicide bomber blew himself up in the court's car park when employees were leaving the building. Numerous ambulance cars have been dispatched to the scene.

Afghanistan is in a state of political and social turmoil, with government forces fighting the continuing Taliban insurgency. The instability has persisted in the country since the 2001 US-led invasion to defeat the Taliban and al-Qaeda in the wake of the 9/11 attacks in the United States.

The lack of control and instability turned the country into home to the largest opium poppy production and distribution network in the world.

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