Comments by a government minister that triggered a diplomatic row with oil-rich Gulf Arab nations have added to the acrimony. The Cabinet, formed in September after a 13-month vacuum, has not met in more than six weeks amid deep divisions between rival groups over the judge leading the investigation into the port blast. The crisis has been made worse by the coronavirus and the August 2020 explosion in Beirut's port that killed 216 people, injured more than 6,000 and destroyed parts of the capital. "Those who usurped public money cannot conduct reforms," shouted one of the protesters before leaving the building following police intervention. They are blamed for decades of corruption and mismanagement that threw the small nation into the worst economic and financial crisis in its modern history. The protesters were referring to the start of nationwide protests in October 2019 against the country's ruling class. They replaced it with a banner in Arabic that read "revolutionaries of October 17." Norman Powell leaves Portland’s first game with hip discomfort, Cody Zeller with a potential broken nose. At least two people suffered serious burn injuries, according to a director of a nearby hospital that specializes in burn cases.The protesters broke into the meeting room at the ministry and turned a framed picture of President Michel Aoun upside down before removing it. Powell, Zeller Hurt as Blazers Fall to Warriors. Images shared on social media on Saturday showed flames and a thick cloud of black smoke spiralling into the sky. Both attacks were claimed by Islamic State. The blast, coupled with the devastating economic crisis, political stalemate, and rising poverty, have posed the gravest threat to the small country’s stability since its 197590 civil war. More than 100 people were killed in attacks on Shi'ite mosques in the northern city of Kunduz and in the southern city of Kandahar last month. He said a friend who had helped carried wounded to a nearby hospital said at least three or four people had been killed. "It was a minivan which was targeted by a sticky bomb." "When I arrived, I saw the big flames," he said. 'BIG FLAMES'Ī local, man who gave his name as Ismael, said he had reached the site a few minutes after the explosion, which occurred a day after an attack on a Sunni mosque in eastern Afghanistan. An investigation was underway, he said in a tweet. Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban's main spokesman, said a fire had broken out in Dasht-e Barchi, killing at least one civilian and injuring two others. Two Taliban officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Islamic State was also behind Saturday's attack but there was no official comment from the movement's security forces. The area is heavily populated by Shi'ite ethnic Hazaras who have been the target of repeated attacks by Islamic State militants. There was no confirmation of casualty numbers and no immediate claim of responsibility.
One Taliban official, who declined to be named, said six people had been killed and at least seven wounded in the blast in the Dasht-e Barchi area of western Kabul. Devdiscourse News Desk | Kabul | Updated: 13-11-2021 20:58 IST | Created: 13-11-2021 20:55 IST Representative image Image Credit: ANIĪ magnetic bomb attached to a passenger minivan exploded in a heavily Shi'ite area of the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, causing an unknown number of casualties, Taliban officials and local residents said.Ī recent spate of such attacks has heaped more pressure on the Taliban rulers, who took power following the collapse of the Western-backed government in August and are also grappling with economic crisis and potential famine.