Cyprus Mail: A powerful bomb exploded in the morning rush hour in the centre of the Afghan capital on Wednesday, killing or wounding hundreds of people and sending clouds of black smoke into the sky above the presidential palace and foreign embassies.
The explosion, one of the deadliest in Kabul and coming at the start of the holy month of Ramadan, occurred close to the fortified entrance to the German embassy on a road usually choked with traffic at that time of day, said Basir Mujahid, a spokesman for Kabul police.
“It was a car bomb near the German embassy, but there are several other important compounds and offices near there too. It is hard to say what the exact target is,” Mujahid told Reuters.
The blast, which shattered windows and blew doors off their hinges in houses hundreds of metres (yards) away, was unusually powerful, with some reports saying it was caused by explosives concealed in a water tanker.
A public health official said at least 80 people had been killed and more than 350 wounded. The victims appear mainly to have been Afghan civilians and there were no immediate reports of casualties among foreign embassy staff.
The French and Chinese embassies were among those damaged, the two countries said, adding there were no immediate signs of injuries among diplomats.
Video shot at the scene showed burning debris, crumbled walls and buildings and destroyed cars, many with dead or injured people inside. read more
Why do people keep using the phrase “the holy month of ramadan.” There is nothing holy about it.
Ramadan is the most blasphemous time of the year, marked by death, destruction and indiscriminate slaughter.
There is absolutely NOTHING Godly or holy about islam or it’s murderous teaching of a murdering pedophile. islam is a cancer to humane, civilized, intelligent society.
Does the Cancer Research Institute celebrate Cancer or do they try their best to find ways to eradicate cancer?
There is no legitimate distinction between islam and radical islam. Same teachings, same submission, and the same dominance. We should do our best to eradicate islam.
Listen up people, April 1216 Obalamadingdong aid ISIS is on the run in Afghanistan. Go figure…
said ISIS on the run