Thread by @cozyduke_apt29

#Afghanistan: Blast + gunfire reported near the gate of the building of the Ṭālibān’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul city.

https://twitter.com/AFIntlBrk/status/1613138513154686979

UNCONFIRMED images circulating on social media show injured or dead people lying near the site of the blast.

At least 3 explosions were reported near the gate of the building of Ministry of Foreign Affairs. #Kabul

https://twitter.com/HashteSubhDaily/status/1613140055119233029?t=y6VxnG_Zoz3i1JiLhIunQg&s=19

(UNCONFIRMED): The blast(s) occurred when a meeting was going on between Ṭālibān & Chinese officials.

Looks like the Chinese have been targeted once again 👀

https://twitter.com/Qaisalamdar/status/1613140990893887488?t=XRgzV45dzs0MntxrDagn1w&s=19

REPORT: 3 people have been killed & 2 others have suffered injuries.

https://twitter.com/AmuTelevision/status/1613142298279264258?t=fowqiohTX8qcy7-9XxpuhQ&s=19

While ISKP is sabotaging the relations between the Afghān Ṭālibān & Communist Party of China, the Turkistān ʿIslāmic Party has released a new audio of its Deputy Emir Abdusalam at-Turkistāni.

https://twitter.com/cozyduke_apt29/status/1613144795693867008?t=4PSdrHbtKdGSfQ7UPc3gyA&s=19

IMAGES from the site of the blast:

https://twitter.com/Mukhtarwafayee/status/1613143837739819008?t=Qjb1YNcgwubxDH-fVnFf0w&s=19

Probably the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber:

https://twitter.com/Natsecjeff/status/1613145401963552769?t=pyU4_NGhZy--jrWWNPwofA&s=19

Pardon me once again for quoting al-Jazeera here.

7 people have lost their lives and 10 others were left injured in a suicide attack near the entrance of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul city.

https://twitter.com/AJABreaking/status/1613148752054816768?s=19

احمد‌الله متقی، از کارمندان بخش مطبوعات دفتر نخست‌ وزیر حکومت طالبان گفته است یک مهاجم انتحاری که قصد داشت وارد وزارت خارجه شود، پیش از رسیدن مواد همراه‌اش انفجار کرده است.
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یکی از کارمندان وزارت خارجه در گفت‌وگو با روزنامه اطلاعات روز، کشته‌ شدن سه نفر و زخمی‌ شدن چهار نفر از همکارانش را تأیید می‌کند‌.

https://twitter.com/cozyduke_apt29/status/1613157667324981250?t=E7FxbTEcXnTVBWNtOTH8_g&s=19

According to some reports, this was a double assault: a VBIED/SVBIED attack, followed by a suicide bomber trying to enter the premises and subsequently blowing himself up in the process. #Kabul #Afghanistan

Additional information:

https://twitter.com/Natsecjeff/status/1613165576469479424?t=zn5sj7RTRVlhEbytMXYE9g&s=19

20 people were killed and 26 others suffered injuries in the attack - sources in the Ṭālibān’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

https://twitter.com/AmuTelevision/status/1613172693171408896?t=xQTd5uTS1WifXR-hP3RVhw&s=19

PHOTOS of 4 employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who lost their lives in today's attack.

https://twitter.com/JournalistAnees/status/1613206076173828097?t=VSjUvZGthopU3WnhwdjhnA&s=19

Emergency NGO’s centre in Kabul has received more than 40 patients.

https://twitter.com/emergency_ngo/status/1613215240862240771?t=ggQvaKhf7nYUDz2TV7pZ0Q&s=19

#Afghanistan: Islamic State Wilāyah Khorāsān claims responsibility for suicide attack targeting the Afghān Ṭālibān’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul city. The suicide bomber has been identified as: Khyber al-Qandahāri.

Details: Amaq reports that, according to “security sources,” the suicide bomber was able to reach the HQs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul city after bypassing all the barriers & security measures imposed by the Afghān Ṭālibān.

https://twitter.com/cozyduke_apt29/status/1613261507831427073?t=2DbVXdz7PU6AfA6AaOoFEg&s=19

Khyber al-Qandahāri then detonated his explosive vest in the midst of a gathering of the staff, guards and security officials working in the Ministry. At least 20 people (including diplomats) were killed, Amaq added. Dozens others were also injured.

Amaq reveals that this attack came at a time when a special training course (on rules of dealing with foreign politicians and visitors) was being held for the Afghān Ṭālibān’s “foreign employees.”

Note: The statement released by the Islamic State Wilāyah Khorāsān does not mention the alleged presence of the Chinese officials in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as was reported earlier when the news of the blast emerged.

https://twitter.com/cozyduke_apt29/status/1613264002033016837?t=2DbVXdz7PU6AfA6AaOoFEg&s=19

The spokesperson for China's Foreign Ministry says that no Chinese citizen was harmed or killed in yesterday's suicide attack near Ṭālibān’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul city.

https://twitter.com/AmuTelevision/status/1613456447018504193?t=jPEGX_-CJDcq7q8QN66Pdw&s=19

Asmat is the lone Ṭālibān fighter who was killed in yesterday's suicide attack in Kabul city. The others who lost their lives were either diplomats (who worked under the previous administration) or civilians.

https://twitter.com/Mukhtarwafayee/status/1613521996704260097?t=Z5BIgt3lhDkjyB_PdmGEag&s=19

The death toll has risen to 23. Those who lost their lives were all civil servants of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 4 Ṭālibān fighters have also been injured. Yesterday, Emergency NGO reported that around 40 patients had arrived following the blast.

https://twitter.com/AmuTelevision/status/1613560530907856896?t=dYfPQ5HwB8N3F6mMYabHlQ&s=19

In its coverage of the suicide attack near MoFA in Kabul on Wednesday, an-Nabaʾ magazine, just like Amaq, has not mentioned the presence of Chinese or any other foreign dignitaries inside the building at the time of the suicide blast.

https://twitter.com/cozyduke_apt29/status/1613264579412512770?t=i4ZnRe643yMHuRYyofKlPg&s=19