A hospital, for God sakes. The place where, even in the heat of battle is off-limits to combatants. Red crosses were painted on the roofs of hospitals in most previous wars and they, for the most part stayed safe. Where Islam is concerned, a hospital is as legitimate a target as a battalion, filled with those who are the enemy, in all their forms. Those deemed not Muslim enough are routinely targeted, and the murder of women, old men and children serve the purpose in instilling the lessons of Islam to the greater masses. The sickness which is Islam kills and eats it's own, it feeds the appetite for destruction of it's own people.
From the BBC JUne 25
Afghanistan: Deadly attack on Logar hospital
From the BBC JUne 25
Afghanistan: Deadly attack on Logar hospital
A deadly car bomb has hit a hospital in Afghanistan's eastern Logar province, with women, children and elderly among the casualties.
The provincial health director told the BBC that 27 people had died and 53 were hurt, adding the toll could have been higher as many people took away the bodies of relatives.
The facility was destroyed and people were buried under rubble.
Officials blamed the Azra district bomb on the Taliban, but they denied it.
A Taliban spokesman said they did not target civilians and that "someone with an agenda" was behind the blast.
'Burning people'
The BBC's Bilal Sarwary in Kabul says the Taliban always distances itself from attacks with large numbers of civilian casualties.
There has been confusion over the death toll from Saturday's explosion as earlier the health ministry said 60 people had died, while local and Kabul officials gave differing totals.
An intelligence official said the hospital may not have been the intended target, because the suicide bomber detonated the device as police tried to stop his car.
What else was close? Any military post or ammo dump? Police headquarters? Motor pool? Anything?
A large number of people had been gathering at the clinic for weekly treatment, many of them women, children and elderly people, said provincial official Din Mohammad Darwaish.
Doctors and nurses were also said to be among the dead.
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The provincial health director told the BBC that 27 people had died and 53 were hurt, adding the toll could have been higher as many people took away the bodies of relatives.
The facility was destroyed and people were buried under rubble.
Officials blamed the Azra district bomb on the Taliban, but they denied it.
A Taliban spokesman said they did not target civilians and that "someone with an agenda" was behind the blast.
'Burning people'
The BBC's Bilal Sarwary in Kabul says the Taliban always distances itself from attacks with large numbers of civilian casualties.
There has been confusion over the death toll from Saturday's explosion as earlier the health ministry said 60 people had died, while local and Kabul officials gave differing totals.
An intelligence official said the hospital may not have been the intended target, because the suicide bomber detonated the device as police tried to stop his car.
What else was close? Any military post or ammo dump? Police headquarters? Motor pool? Anything?
A large number of people had been gathering at the clinic for weekly treatment, many of them women, children and elderly people, said provincial official Din Mohammad Darwaish.
Doctors and nurses were also said to be among the dead.
Read it all
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