Massive explosion in a highly secure diplomatic area of Kabul has left
at least 80 people dead and more than 360 wounded. The attack is the
deadliest in the Afghan capital since an Isis suicide bomber killed
nearly 100 people at a protest last summer, and one of the largest to
hit Kabul since the 2001 intervention.
The huge blast occurred at the peak of Kabul’s rush-hour when the
streets were packed with commuters close to the German embassy in the
Wazir Akbar Khan area of the capital on Wednesday morning, sending
clouds of black smoke spiraling into the sky near the presidential
palace and foreign embassies.
The Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, condemned the attack. “The
terrorists, even in the holy month of Ramadan, the month of goodness,
blessing and prayer, are not stopping the killing of our innocent
people,” he said in a statement.
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