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Afghan Film Employees Among Seven Killed in Kabul Explosion

Kabul (BNA) The bodies of two young women employed by Afghan Film directorate of the Ministry of Information and Culture, who had been missing since Saturday’s explosion, were finally tracked down by their families on Sunday.

The families of Tayeba Mousawi and Fatema Mohammadi confirmed Sunday that they found the women’s bodies at the government forensic medicine department. The discovery comes after both families had desperately searched for the women at all hospitals.

According to the families, both women had been burnt and could not be recognized.

In a statement, Ministry of Information and Culture condemned the attack and extended condolences to the employees’ families.

“It is with great sadness that Tayeba Mousawi and Fatema Mohammadi, two newly appointed and young employees of the Afghan Film Department of the Ministry of Information and Culture, were among those killed in yesterday’s explosions in west Kabul.”

The statement said that Tayeba Mousawi and Fatema Mohammadi, were recruited through open competition for the Afghan Film directorate.

At least seven civilians were killed, and six others wounded in two separate explosions on Saturday afternoon in Dasht-e-Barchi in PD13 and in PD6 near the Ali Jinnah Hospital.

In both instances IEDs were detonated against vehicles, according to police. The Ministry of Interior reported that all the victims were civilians.

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