Blasts and gunfire at Sikh temple in Afghan capital

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Gunmen stormed a Sikh temple in the Afghan capital Saturday, lobbing at least one grenade and wounding two people, the interior ministry and witnesses said. While the number of bombings has dropped across the country since the Taliban seized power in August, several fatal attacks have rocked the country in recent months. “I heard gunshots and blasts coming from the gurdwara,” Gurnam Singh, a Sikh community leader told AFP. Interior ministry spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor said a grenade blast wounded two members of the Sikh community. Minutes later a car bomb detonated in the area but caused no cas…

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