Before the deadly explosion, thousands of minority Shiite Hazaras were demonstrating in Kabul on Saturday July 23 demanding that a key power transmission line pass through their electricity-starved province. It was the second major protest over the issue this year.
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A banner in the colors of the Afghan flag is used to cover victim's blood after the deadly explosion.
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An Afghan protester screams near the scene of the suicide attack.
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Afghan volunteers carry the bodies of victims.
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An injured boy is carried to a hospital.
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An injured man is moved in an ambulance after the explosion.
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A bloodied man, who carried dead and wounded, speaks on the phone at the site of the suicide attack.
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The sandals of Afghan protesters remain at the scene.
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Afghans help a man who was injured in the deadly explosion.
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Afghans look at property that belongs to the victims.