January 27, 2018 8:49 PM

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95 killed, 158 injured in terror attack in Kabul

In Afghanistan, at least 95 people were killed and 158 others injured in a powerful suicide terror blast in the capital, Kabul today. Officials said, attackers drove an ambulance laden with explosives past a police checkpoint into a street that was only open to government workers. <br/><br/>The driver passed through one checkpoint by claiming to be escorting a patient to the hospital. He set off the explosives at the second checkpoint. It happened near the old Interior Ministry building and offices of the European Union and High Peace Council. <br/><br/>Government offices, businesses, a school and a hospital are close to the site of attack. The vibrations of the attack could be felt several kilometres away. <br/><br/>Witnesses say the area – home to foreign embassies and the city's police headquarters – was crowded with people when the bomb exploded today. Plumes of smoke were seen from around the city. The International Committee of the Red Cross said the use of an ambulance was harrowing.

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