Photos: Taliban car bomb in Kabul kills 95, wounds more than 150

An ambulance explosion took place in a Kabul locality where foreign embassies and government buildings are situated, killing atleast 95 and injuring over 150 people. Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, claimed responsibility for the blast, which came a week after an attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul in which more than 20 people were killed.

Updated on: Jan 27, 2018 9:42 PM IST

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A shopkeeper looks on, behind broken glass of his shop, near the site of a car bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. An explosives-packed ambulance blew up at a police checkpoint in a crowded area of Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 95 people and wounding 158 others, officials said, in one of the biggest blasts to rock the war-torn city in recent years. (Omar Sobhani / REUTERS)

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Smoke rises after a car bomb explosion in Kabul. Baryalai Hilali, the director of the government media centre, warned the death toll might rise as some of the wounded brought to hospitals were in a “critical condition.” (REUTERS)

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A man reacts after hearing his son was killed during the blast in Afghanistan. Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, claimed responsibility for the blast, which came a week after an attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul in which more than 20 people were killed. (Omar Sobhani / REUTERS)

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Afghan police keep watch at the site of a car bomb attack. “It is a massacre,” said Dejan Panic coordinator in Afghanistan for the Italian aid group Emergency, which runs a nearby trauma hospital. (Omar Sobhani / REUTERS)

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Police officers keep watch while a man drives his damaged car near the blast site. India on Saturday strongly condemned the “barbaric and dastardly” terrorist attack in Kabul targeting innocent civilians, and extended all possible assistance, including for treatment of the injured. (Omar Sobhani / REUTERS)

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An injured man is carried to the hospital after the blast in Kabul. Mirwais Yasini, a member of parliament who was nearby when the explosion occurred, said an ambulance approached the checkpoint and blew up. The target was apparently an interior ministry building nearby. (Mohammad Ismail / REUTERS)

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The casualty toll is the worst since 150 people were killed in a truck bomb explosion near the German embassy, not far from Saturday’s blast, last May, an attack that prompted a major reinforcement of security in the city. (Mohammad Ismail / REUTERS)

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Men carry a victim's casket at the site of the car bomb attack. As medical teams struggled to handle the casualties pouring in, some of the wounded were laid out in the open, with intravenous drips set up next to them in hospital gardens. (Omar Sobhani / REUTERS)

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The United States has stepped up its assistance to Afghan security forces and increased its air strikes against the Taliban and other militant groups. However, the Taliban has dismissed suggestions it has been weakened by the new strategy, and the incidents of the past week have shown its capacity to mount deadly, high-profile attacks is undiminished, even in the heavily protected centre of Kabul. (Wakil Kohsar / AFP)