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Taliban bomb in Kabul kills 95 in the worst attack since May

A Taliban suicide bomber detonated explosives in downtown Kabul, killing at least 95 people and wounding 158 others in the worst attack since May

The Taliban claimed the attack, which spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed said on Twitter killed 80 police recruits. Photo: AFPPremium
The Taliban claimed the attack, which spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed said on Twitter killed 80 police recruits. Photo: AFP

Kabul: A Taliban suicide bomber detonated explosives in downtown Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 95 people and wounding 158 others in the worst attack since a truck bombing near the Afghan capital’s diplomatic zone last year.

The bomber used an explosive-laden ambulance and reached the gate of the former interior ministry building, Nasrat Rahimi, a deputy spokesman for the ministry, said by phone. Police at a checkpoint allowed the vehicle to enter a lane leading to the building after the bomber said he was carrying sick people to a hospital.

The casualty figures were confirmed by Mohammad Ismail Kawoosi, a health ministry spokesman. The Taliban claimed the attack, which spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed said on Twitter killed 80 police recruits.

The majority of the dead are civilians as the bomb went off in a very densely populated area, Rahimi said. The Afghan government’s chief executive, Abdullah Abdullah, decried the attack, calling it “insane, heinous, and a war crime" and saying in a tweet that “this is enough!"

Afghanistan’s government is struggling to contain a resurgent Taliban, which controls or contests more than 40% of the country. The increased violence in Kabul will be a blow to US President Donald Trump’s plans to end the 17-year conflict after he boosted forces in the country last year amid signs that Afghan forces were losing ground.

The latest bombing in Kabul comes a week after Islamic State carried out an attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in Afghanistan’s capital, which killed 22 people, including 14 foreigners.

It’s also the deadliest incident in the city since 31 May, when more than 90 people were killed and about 450 others wounded by a blast detonated near the diplomatic zone. Nobody claimed responsibility for that attack, but Afghanistan’s security agencies blamed Pakistan’s main intelligence agency and the Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network. Bloomberg

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Published: 27 Jan 2018, 03:16 PM IST
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