AFGHANISTAN-BLAST Truck bomb in central Kabul kills eight, wounds over 100

Record ID: 144738

  • Title: AFGHANISTAN-BLAST Truck bomb in central Kabul kills eight, wounds over 100
  • Date: 7th August 2015
  • Summary: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (AUGUST 7, 2015) (REUTERS) + NIGHT SHOTS + AMBULANCES ARRIVING AT THE SITE OF BOMB BLAST IN KABUL AFGHAN SOLDIERS GUARDING BLAST SITE SOLDIER GUARDING BLAST SITE SOLDIER STOPPING CAR APPROACHING BLAST SITE POLICE STOPPING PEOPLE FROM APPROACHING BLAST SITE (SOUNDBITE) (Dari) MOHAMMAD SHIKIB, LOCAL RESIDENT, SAYING: "When the blast happened, my children s
  • Embargoed: 22nd August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: Afghanistan
  • Country: Afghanistan
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA56D22PVISL0QT1KDFN3KBFZMG
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A powerful truck bomb tore through the centre of the Afghan capital early on Friday (August 7) morning, killing at least eight people and wounding over a hundred, police and health ministry officials said.
    "A truck bomb detonated close to an army compound," Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi said.
    At least eight bodies had been counted by the police, Rahimi said, while some 128 people had been wounded in the blast.
    Dozens were wounded by debris and glass shattering in the heavily populated area. Cars parked on roads in the vicinity of the blast were damaged for at least a hundred metres, a Reuters witness said.
    It was an unusually powerful blast in a city that is frequently targeted by the Taliban and other militants seeking to destabilise the Afghan government.
    "When the blast happened, my children started screaming, all the windows of my house were blown out, my hand was injured. The blast was so powerful," said local resident Mohammad Shikib.
    The Afghan capital is heavily guarded by the Afghan army and police. While magnet bombs or suicide attacks have become a weekly occurrence, large truck bombs have rarely penetrated the city's outskirts.
    There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which sent shock waves across the centre of the capital, and ripped through homes and shops.
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