Afghan activists light candles for blast victims, call for government resignations

Record ID: 877656

  • Title: Afghan activists light candles for blast victims, call for government resignations
  • Date: 1st June 2017
  • Summary: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (JUNE 1, 2017) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** AFGHAN CIVIL SOCIETY MEMBERS LIGHTING CANDLES DURING A VIGIL FOR VICTIMS OF TRUCK BOMB HAND LIGHTING CANDLES VARIOUS OF AFGHAN CIVIL SOCIETY MEMBERS GATHERING AT SITE OF ATTACK AND LIGHTING CANDLES HAND LIGHTING A CANDLE VARIOUS OF CANDLES IN STREET (SOUNDBITE) (English) AFGHAN CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVIST, ZAHRA SEPAHR, SAYING: "We want to share our voice with the government and we want justice for all people in Afghanistan, we want security for our children, for our community and we want from the international community to support us to bring the security in our country." CIVIL SOCIETY MEMBERS HOLDING CANDLES WHILE GATHERED AT THE SITE OF ATTACK (SOUNDBITE) (Dari) AFGHAN CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVIST, ABDULLAH RASOOLI, SAYING: "We want the Afghan president and chief executive officer Abdullah to resign, because in the past three years they have been unable to govern the country. They and the government are incompetent." CIVIL SOCIETY MEMBERS ATTENDING CANDLELIGHT CEREMONY VARIOUS OF AFGHAN POLICEMEN GUARDING THE AREA
  • Embargoed: 15th June 2017 18:09
  • Keywords: candle candlelit vigil damage Green Zone bomb blast Kabul
  • Location: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
  • City: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN
  • Country: Afghanistan
  • Topics: Bombing (non-military),Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016JG5ZRB
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Members of the Afghan Civil Society group lit candles and offered prayers during a vigil on Thursday (June 1) for the victims of a truck bomb attack in Kabul.
    The capital is in mourning for the victims of the blast that occurred on Wednesday's (May 31), which killed at least 80 people and wounded more than 450, amid growing public anger at the government's failure to prevent yet another deadly attack in the heart of the city.
    The blast, at the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, ripped through a traffic-clogged street packed with people on their way to school or work during the morning rush hour.
    There has been no claim of responsibility but Afghanistan's National Directorate for Security has blamed the Haqqani network, a Taliban affiliate directly integrated into the militant movement, and said it had been helped by Pakistan's intelligence service.
    The Taliban have denied involvement.
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