Wounded treated at hospital after suicide bomber strikes Kabul killing 31

(22 Apr 2018) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY ASSOCIATED PRESS - AP CLIENTS ONLY Kabul - 22 April 2018 1. Ambulance passing 2. Ambulance inside Istiqlal hospital grounds 3. Various of wounded being treated 4. Victim's relative crying 5. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Mohammad Sabir Naseeb, director of Istiqlal hospital: ++AUDIO AS INCOMING++ "Fifty-two wounded have been brought to Istiqlal hospital - 10 to 12 of them are in critical condition, others are in good conditions." 6. People putting a dead body into a vehicle STORYLINE: A suicide bomber struck a voter registration centre in the Afghan capital on Sunday, killing at least 31 and wounding 54, officials said. All roads to the blast site in Kabul were blocked by the police, with only ambulances allowed in. No one immediately claimed responsibility. The Taliban and a local Islamic State affiliate both view Afghanistan's government and democratic elections as illegitimate. The large explosion echoed across the city, shattering windows miles away from the attack site and damaging several nearby vehicles. Local TV stations broadcast live footage of hundreds of distraught people gathered at nearby hospitals seeking word about loved ones. Afghanistan will hold parliamentary elections in October. Last week, three police officers responsible for guarding voter registration centres in two Afghan provinces were killed by militants, according to authorities. =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you... Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork