Afghanistan: the wave of attacks continues to a few days of the presidential election

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Police and rescue at the scene of an attack on 17 September 2019 in Kabul. REUTERS / Omar Sobhani

Another deadly attack by the Taliban in Afghanistan where violence is daily in the run-up to the presidential election on 28 September. It took place on September 19 in the south of the country in Qalat in the province of Zabul. The Taliban say they targeted an intelligence service office, but it was a regional hospital that suffered the heaviest casualties.

With our correspondent in Kabul, Sonia Ghezali

It was nearly 6:00 am when the blast rang out near the Qalat Regional Hospital. The images of the totally damaged establishment were widely disseminated. Shocking images of bloody bodies, hospital beds covered with broken glass under ripped windows. The violence of the explosion was such that ceilings collapsed.

72 dead in 72 hours

Afghan intelligence offices are only a few meters away. The damage is much lower according to security sources who claim to deplore a death and some injuries among employees.

The attacks are almost daily and particularly violent in Afghanistan since a few days. On Wednesday, September 18 , an administration building was targeted in the east of the country. On Tuesday, a campaign rally of the candidate president in Parwan province was targeted in a suicide attack while another targeted the ministry of security. Defense in Kabul.

At least 72 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded in the past 72 hours in Taliban-claimed attacks that are adding to their pressure at nine days of the presidential election, which promises to be very high-tension.

#Afghanistan: A powerful Taliban SVBIED attack has wiped out an Afghan intelligence base in Qalat, capital of Zabul Province, this morning. More than 20 people have been killed, more than 70 wounded, several ambulances destroyed. pic.twitter.com/ImDmeTB1Xj