40 DEAD IN KABUL ATTACKS

KABUL: At least 40 people were killed and many others hurt in multiple blasts at a Shiite cultural centre in Kabul yesterday, officials said, in the latest violence to hit the Afghan capital. “The target was the Tabayan cultural centre. A ceremony was being held to mark the 38th anniversary of Soviet-invasion in Afghanistan when the explosion went off,” deputy interior ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said. It is near to the Afghan Voice Agency, a media outlet which earlier reports had suggested could be the target. – AFP