Relatives of the victims of Tuesday’s attack on a maternity hospital in the west of Kabul have said that “most of the victims of the attack were pregnant women.”

On Tuesday, 24 were killed and 16 others were wounded in the attack that ended after more than five hours of fighting, said the Ministry of Public Health.

Three attackers stormed the hospital that admits pregnant women and mothers with their children. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but one security source to TOLOnews that there is a guest house with foreign nationals behind the hospital, who were the possible targets.

Hajar, 28, is one of the victims who went to the hospital to give birth to her second baby; however, she, along with her unborn baby, were killed during the attack.

She was buried in the west of Kabul on Wednesday in a graveyard alongside other victims of yesterday’s attack.

Hajar had a six-year-old daughter named Razia.

“She still doesn’t know--I have not told her yet. We sent her to our relatives’ homes and she is back now. It’s very hard to tell her, it’s very hard for us,” said Mohammad Hussain, husband of Hajar.

Safdar Yaqoubi, the father of Hussain and the grandfather of Razi, said: “Only her six-year-old daughter remained, and my son was on his way to go to the hospital to join his wife.”

“There were mothers were waiting to give birth and their husbands were waiting outside the hospital,” said Mohammad Baqir, a relative of Hajar. “This is a war crime and a human crime. It’s not allowed in any religion or school,” he said.

The attack sparked widespread global reactions by politicians and international organizations who called it a "heinous" terror attack and an act against humanity.

The attack started with an explosion outside the hospital and then the attackers entered the facility, fighting with security forces for hours, who quickly arrived at the scene.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack and the Taliban denied involvement.