Taliban declares three-day Eid ceasefire as 11 killed in new bombing – By Guardian staff and agencies (The Guardian) / May 10 2021
Bus attack comes after jihadist group denies atrocity at secondary school that killed at least 50 people
At least 11 people have been killed and dozens injured in the bombing of a bus in Afghanistan’s southern Zabul province.
The blast took place late on Sunday night, said Zabul’s provincial governor’s spokesman Gul Islam Sial, adding that 25 people were injured including women and children who were in critical condition.
In another attack early on Monday, a blast hit a minibus in Parwan province, just north of the capital, Kabul, killing two people and wounding nine, the interior ministry said.
It came as the Taliban declared a three-day ceasefire in Afghanistan to mark this week’s Eid al-Fitr holiday, and after it was blamed for bombs on Saturday outside a school that killed more than 50 people, mostly young girls.
