Ninety
people have been killed and 400 injured in a powerful car bomb blast
that ripped through a diplomatic district in Afghanistan’s capital,
Kabul, the government's media center has reported, according to AP.
The Afghan
Interior Ministry previously said that 64 people had been killed,
according to AFP.
The blast is
believed to have come from a car bomb. Reuters reported that the
powerful bomb was hidden inside a sewage tank on a truck. The precise
target was not immediately clear, but many embassies and government
buildings are located in the area.
Afghanistan’s
President Ashraf Ghani condemned the devastating attack, which
happened just days into the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. In a
statement quoted by Reuters, Ghani said “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.”
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