Hazara women protest against 'genocide' after Kabul suicide bombing toll rises to 35
Afghan women display placards and chant slogans during a protest they call ‘Stop Hazara genocide’
Following a suicide bombing that left several dead, largely young Hazara women, in Kabul on Friday, dozens of women from the minority ethnic group protested in the Afghan capital on Saturday.
In the Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood of Kabul, a bomber detonated himself on Friday during a test-taking session for students preparing for university entrance examinations.
Meanwhile, the United Nations increased the death toll to 35 on Saturday.
"The latest casualty figures from the attack number at least 35 fatalities, with an additional 82 wounded," the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in a statement.
The minority Hazara population lives in the western neighbourhood, a largely Shiite Muslim enclave, and is a historically persecuted group that has recently been the subject of some of Afghanistan's most violent atrocities.
About 50 women marched pasta hospital in Dasht-e-Barchi on Saturday while chanting, "Stop Hazara genocide, it's not a crime to be a Shiite." Several assault victims were being treated there.
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An AFP journalist stated that angry protesters carrying "Stop killing Hazaras" placards were dressed in black hijabs and headscarves.
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According to eyewitnesses, the suicide attacker triggered the blast in the women's area of the gender-segregated auditorium.
Later, a crowd of protesters assembled in front of the hospital and screamed slogans under the watchful eye of dozens of Taliban who were highly armed and some of them had rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
Women's protests have become dangerous since the hardline Taliban seized control again in August of last year, with many protesters being jailed and gatherings being dispersed by Taliban soldiers firing rounds in the air.
The incident at the Kaaj Higher Educational Centre on Friday has not yet been linked to any particular organisation.
(With inputs from agencies)