KABUL, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from a suicide attack in
Afghan capital of Kabul has risen to 52 with 112 others wounded, a spokesman of
the Public Health Ministry said on Sunday.
The blast occurred when the bomber blew himself up among a crowd lining
up to get access to an election-related registration site in a local school
Sunday morning, spokesman Waheed Majroh tweeted.
Those among the dead were 21 women and five children while several
wounded remained in critical condition.
The Afghan election officials have set Oct. 20 as the date for
parliamentary and district councils' elections, which have been delayed for a
couple of times over the past years.
The voter registration process started on April 14 for the polls.
The voters will cast their ballots to elect members of the 249-seat
lower house of parliament for a five-year term while they will also elect
members of district councils.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and
the UN mission in the county strongly condemned the attack, for which the
Islamic State (IS) terrorist group has claimed responsibility.
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