Afghans React to Suicide Bombing in Kabul that Kills Dozens
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NBC Nightly News
Brian Williams/Atia
Abawi
12/06/2011
12/06/2011
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Video News Report
NBCUniversal Media,
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2011
00:02:43
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A suicide bomber struck a crowd of Shiite worshipers who packed a Kabul mosque to mark a holy day,
killing at least 56 people. Meanwhile, a second bombing in another city killed four more Shiites.
Keywords
Kabul, Afghanistan, Coordinated, Attack, Sectarian, Violence, Shia, Muslim, Suicide, Bomber, Bomb,
Shiite, Shi'ite, Kandahar, Mosque, Pakistan, Abul Fazl, Community, Karzai, Afghan, Conflict, War,
Taliban, Religious, Significance, Holy, Day
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"Afghans React to Suicide Bombing in Kabul that Kills Dozens." Atia Abawi, correspondent. NBC
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Kabul that Kills Dozens. [Television series episode]. NBC Nightly News. Retrieved from
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Transcript
Afghans React to Suicide Bombing in Kabul that Kills Dozens
BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor:
Overseas today, Afghanistan suffered its worst suicide bomb attacks--one of its worst suicide bomb
attacks ever. Three apparently coordinated attacks killing more than 60 people in all. All of the attacks
targeted members of a religious minority there in the kind of sectarian violence that's been rare in
Afghanistan. NBC's Atia Abawi is in Kabul for us tonight. Atia, good evening.
ATIA ABAWI, reporting:
Good evening, Brian. Well, there were three separate attacks and they took place on one of the holiest
days for Shia Muslims. Before the attack, Shia Muslims gathered to worship at a mosque here in Kabul.
But without warning, this day of remembrance turned tragic. A suicide bomber, hiding in a crowd of men,
women and children, blew himself up. The huge blast killed at least 56 people, 150 injured.
Unidentified Man: (Foreign language spoken)
ABAWI: `After the bomb detonated, there were wounded everywhere, in pieces,' this witness says, `and
dead everywhere.' Few were spared. This woman cried for her only son, this man for his mother. Outside
the nearest hospital, family members gathered, fearing the worst. Soon after, another attack targeting a
convoy of Shias in Mazar-e-Sharif in northern Afghanistan. The bomb hidden in a bicycle. Four were
killed there, 21 injured. Police reportedly found and defused a second bomb nearby. A third attack in
Kandahar left one person dead. Sectarian violence like this is rare among Muslims in Afghanistan, unlike
Pakistan and Iraq, despite 30 years of conflict and war. Even the Taliban denied involvement, saying in an
email, "The Islamic Emirates will not permit anyone to kill people on behalf of religion, ethnicity or tribal
affiliation." President Karzai, in Germany for a conference on the future of Afghanistan, spoke about
today's violence.
President HAMID KARZAI: Which is the first time that on such a important religious day in Afghanistan
terrorism of that horrible nature has taken place.
ABAWI: Late today, a Sunni militant group based in Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attacks. And
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as Afghanistan counted its dead, one top Shia cleric said, `We will never forget.' Today's bombings dealt a
heavy blow in an already war-torn country. Some fear that this sectarian attack today will lead to a new
wave of violence and retaliation. Brian.
WILLIAMS: NBC's Atia Abawi at our bureau in Kabul. Atia, thanks.
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