UN Special Rapporteur Urges For Identification of Perpetrators of Dashte Barchi Attacks

In response to attacks on the Shia-Hazara community in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Afghanistan, asked for a full and transparent investigation to identify the perpetrators of the attacks.

Bennett described the recent explosion of a passenger vehicle in Dashte Barchi area in District 13 of Kabul city as “terrible” and said that the ones behind the attack should be held accountable.

At least seven people were killed and 20 were injured in the bomb explosion on a passenger bus in Dashte Barchi on Tuesday evening.

ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack.

In the past month, this is the third explosion in Dashte Barchi area of Kabul. On October 26, an explosion rocked a sports club, as a result, at least four people were killed and nearly 10 were injured.