Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills 100 And Wounds Hundreds In Afghan Capital Kabul

Daily Mail: At least 95 people killed and 158 wounded after a Taliban suicide attacker drives ambulance through checkpoint and sets off bomb near embassies in the Afghan capital

* Bomber got past one checkpoint saying was he taking patient to hospital but was recognised at second one
* He then detonated the explosives in the ambulance, causing a large plume of smoke to billow into the sky
* The bomb went off at lunchtime in the busy centre of Kabul on what is a working day in Afghanistan
* Attack took place near embassies, Kabul police HQ, EU office the body tasked with negotiating with Taliban

A suicide bomber using an ambulance has killed 95 people and wounded at least 158 more in the Afghan capital Kabul.

The attack has been claimed by the Taliban and occurred near foreign embassies and government buildings, a week after a deadly assault on the Intercontinental Hotel.

'The suicide bomber used an ambulance to pass through the checkpoint,' said interior ministry deputy spokesman Nasrat Rahimi.

'He passed through the first checkpoint saying he was taking a patient to Jamuriate hospital and at the second checkpoint he was recognised and blew his explosive-laden car.

Read more ....

More News On Today's Suicide Bomb Attack In Kabul

Officials say 95 killed, 158 wounded in Afghan car bombing -- AP
Nearly 100 killed in ambulance blast in Afghan capital Kabul -- Reuters
Ambulance bomb kills 95, wounds 158 in Kabul: official -- AFP
Kabul attack: Taliban kill 95 with ambulance bomb in Afghan capital -- BBC
Kabul: bomb hidden in ambulance kills dozens -- The Guardian
Taliban attacker driving ambulance packed with explosives kills 95 in Kabul -- CNN
Kabul Suicide Car Bomb Kills 95, Wounds 163 -- VOA
Death toll in ambulance-car bombing claimed by Taliban rises to 95 with more than 150 injured -- ABC News
Deadly blast rocks Kabul, Taliban claims responsibility -- Al Jazeera
'Many dead bodies and blood everywhere': At least 95 killed in Afghan car bombing -- USA Today
Ambulance used in Kabul suicide bombing that killed at least 95, officials say -- FOX News
Death toll from Kabul suicide blast rises to 95, over 150 injured -- RT
Kabul blast: Key moments in security of Afghan capital -- AFP