Afghanistan: Bomb Blast in Kabul

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Early this morning, a huge explosion was triggered from a car in Kabul, Afghanistan. The explosion went off near foreign embassies and the presidential palace.

Reports have streamed in from Afghan officials that there have been at least 60 casualties and many injured.

The car exploded in central Zanbaq Square, its impact caused properties hundred miles away affected by the damaging blast.

After the blast, a large cloud of black smoke engulfed the area. The police have cordoned off the central blast area.

It is still unclear regarding the precise target of the blast that hit Kabul’s diplomatic and government district.

A spokesperson for Kabul police, Basir Mujahid reported, “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.”

At least 67 people were rushed to hospitals around Kabul, reported a public health spokesman. There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast as yet. A spokesman for Taliban insurgents said they were working on gathering more information regarding the blast.

Afghanistan has been a victim of a number of terror attacks this year. The reason being Taliban is trying to defeat the U.S., backed government so as to reimpose Islamic law. The Taliban was defeated in 2001 by a Washington backed invasion.

The Taliban managed to gain ground after most international troops withdrew in 2014. Taliban managed to control about 40% of the country according to U.S. estimates.
President Donald Trump is yet to confirm if he will act on the recommendation to send 3,000 to 5,000 troops to reinforce the small NATO training force.

General John Nicholson, commander of U.S., forces in Afghanistan reported at a congressional hearing earlier this year that they needed a few thousand troops to join the Afghan forces to break a stalemate with Taliban.

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