Kabul: Attack took place near embassies Kabul (Video)
At least 95 people killed and 158 wounded after a Taliban suicide attacker drives ambulance through checkpoint and sets off bomb near embassies in the Afghan capital
- Bomber got past one checkpoint saying was he taking patient to hospital but was recognised at second one
- He then detonated the explosives in the ambulance, causing a large plume of smoke to billow into the sky
- The bomb went off at lunchtime in the busy centre of Kabul on what is a working day in Afghanistan
- Attack took place near embassies, Kabul police HQ, EU office the body tasked with negotiating with Taliban
A suicide bomber using an ambulance has killed 95 people and wounded at least 158 more in the Afghan capital Kabul.
The attack has been claimed by the Taliban and occurred near foreign embassies and government buildings, a week after a deadly assault on the Intercontinental Hotel.
‘The suicide bomber used an ambulance to pass through the checkpoint,’ said interior ministry deputy spokesman Nasrat Rahimi.
‘He passed through the first checkpoint saying he was taking a patient to Jamuriate hospital and at the second checkpoint he was recognised and blew his explosive-laden car.
An interior ministry spokesman blamed the Haqqani network, a militant group affiliated with the Taliban which Afghan and Western officials consider to be behind many of the biggest attacks on urban targets in Afghanistan.
The blast tore through a crowded street in a busy part of the city at lunchtime on what is a working day in Afghanistan, leaving torn bodies strewn on the street nearby amid rubble and debris.
The force of the blast shook windows of buildings more than a mile away and shattered windows within hundreds of yards of the site.
People helped walking-wounded away as ambulances with sirens wailing inched their way through the traffic-clogged streets of the city centre.
A man told local media he was passing the area when the explosion happened.
‘I heard a big bang and I fainted,’ he said, outside the Emergency hospital.
‘There were dozens of people who were killed and wounded. There were pools of blood.’
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