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An Afghan midwife coaching centre has come underneath attack through militants, with a minimum of three folks injured.
The attackers set off explosives and fired gunshots on the centre in Jalalabad, Nangarhar province.
Some students and midwives were rescued, however others are still trapped inside the compound, experiences say.
No staff has but stated it is in the back of the attack, even supposing Islamic State militants have claimed a number of latest attacks in the jap province.
The attack started at round 11:30 local time (07:00 GMT) on Saturday, provincial spokesman Attaullah Khogyani mentioned.
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An eyewitness told AFP that the attackers looked as if it would have positioned explosive gadgets within the street close to the complex.
It is not clear why the midwife coaching centre was targeted.
However, militants regularly choose professional buildings and clinical amenities for their assaults, and plenty of Afghans are against unmarried women running outdoor their homes.
More than 50% of births in Afghanistan take place without a educated midwife.
the country has one in every of the highest maternal mortality charges in the global – 396 deaths in step with ONE HUNDRED,000 reside births – smartly above the worldwide average of 216 deaths.
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