Bloodshed in Kabul as ISIL murder scores of minority Hazara

As many as 80 people have been killed and around 230 injured in a suicide bomb attack in the Afghan capital Kabul.

ISIL have claimed responsibilty for the assault on a Shi’ite Hazara protest march.

The minority Hazara are of Mongolian and Central Asian Origin.

They were demanding access to a new electricity power line:“We heard a loud, terrible explosion and everyone was covered in blood,” said one marcher.

Another said they were warned about the possibility of carnage:“Today we came out asking for justice in a peaceful manner, the government warned us we would be killed if we did and today we have been killed.”

The Afghan government confirmed they feared a terrorist attack on the march.

The protesters want the new power line to pass through their impoverished Hazarajat province.

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ISIS doesn't seem to leave much good wherever it goes.

The Afghan people have suffered enough.

I remember from hippie trail days (1972) taking a train from Istanbul to Munich. A constant companion in the compartment was a neatly dressed Hazara man. When the people's border guards for Bulgaria decided that all the folding stuff I had was the transit visa fee, I was stuffed for food and drink for the almost 3 day journey. This kind man bought me some food. When we got to Munich, I had to cash a travellers cheque. I invited him to have breakfast on me. By the time I returned from the bureau de change, he had departed. I always have had high regard for the poor put upon Hazara since.