Dozens wounded in suicide attack outside Kabul police station

At least 95 people have been wounded in a large explosion outside a police station in Kabul, officials said.

 

At least 95 people have been wounded in a large explosion outside a police station in Kabul, officials said.

 

The blast occurred about 9am (04:30 GMT) in western Kabul, interior ministry spokesperson Nasrat Rahimi said before adding that the bomb went off when a vehicle was stopped at a checkpoint outside the station.

 

Health ministry spokesperson Wahidullah Mayar said at least 95 people, mostly civilians and including women and children, were taken to hospital.

 

The explosion sent a massive plume of smoke over the Afghanistan capital.

 

“I heard a big bang and all the windows broke with glass flying everywhere,” shopkeeper Ahmad Saleh told the AFP news agency.

 

“My head is spinning and I still don’t know what has happened but the windows of about 20 shops around one kilometre from the blast site are broken,” he added.

 

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.