At least eight civilians killed and several wounded in attack on Kabul hospital
Smoke rises from a hospital after gunmen attacked in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Gunmen stormed the hospital in the western part of the Afghan capital on Tuesday, setting off a gun battle with the police, officials said.
At least eight civilians were killed and several others were wounded in the attack on the Dasht-e-Barchi Hospital, according to an interior ministry official. The 100-bed government-run facility is supported by Doctors Without Borders, which is also known by its French name Médecins Sans Frontières , said Wahidullah Mayar, a spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health.
A series of bloody attacks have taken place in the capital in recent months claimed by the Islamic State group.
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