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Kabul Bomb Attack: Toll Rises to 14 Killed, 145 Hurt

Kabul Bomb Attack: Toll Rises to 14 Killed, 145 Hurt
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By Staff, Agencies

Taliban terrorist group claimed responsibility for a suicide car-bomb attack on a police station in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Wednesday which the government said killed 14 people and wounded 145.

The blast, in the west of the city during the morning rush hour, sent a huge cloud of grey smoke billowing into the sky.

Taliban said a “recruitment center” had been attacked by one of their suicide bombers.

“A large number of soldiers and police were killed or wounded,” the Taliban said in a statement.

Deputy Interior Minister Khoshal Sadat later told a news conference that 14 people were killed and 145 wounded. Four of the dead were policemen and the rest civilians, while 92 of the wounded were civilians, he added.

The bomb went off when the vehicle carrying the device was stopped at a checkpoint outside the police station, said interior ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi.

Women and children were among the casualties, the health ministry said.

Pictures from the scene showed extensive damage with facades blown off buildings and a jumble of rubble and vehicles strewn through the area.

“Again a Taliban suicide attack in Kabul targets a civilian area that resulted in harming of so many innocents,” Sediq Sediqqi, a spokesman for President Ashraf Ghani, said on Twitter.

“Continued Taliban attacks indicate that they have no commitment to peace,” Sediqqi later told the news conference.

The blast came a day after the Taliban called for a boycott of a Sept. 28 presidential election and threatened to attack election rallies.

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