Death toll from Kabul hospital attack rises to 49


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  • Thursday, 09 Mar 2017

An injured woman is pictured after she received treatment at a hospital a day after a bomb blast and gun fire at a military hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan March 9, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

KABUL (Reuters) - The death toll from an attack on a military hospital in Kabul by gunmen dressed as medics has risen to 49 with dozens wounded, a senior health official said on Thursday.

Salim Rassouli, director of Kabul hospitals, said 49 people had been killed in the attack on the Sardar Mohammad Khan military hospital on Wednesday, with at least 63 wounded.

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