Many Feared Dead, Wounded as Explosions, Gunfire Hit Military Hospital in Afghanistan

A boy, injured during a blast, lies on a stretcher at the entrance of a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Nov. 2, 2021. Zohra Bensemra/Reuters

An explosion that was immediately followed by a deadly assault at a large military hospital in the capital of Afghanistan killed more than a dozen people on Tuesday, according to reports.

Hibatullah Jamal, a Taliban member who serves as the group’s minister of defense, said that “there are casualties among both our personnel and civilians,” also noting that he is not immediately clear about the official death toll.