Kabul - Taliban militants have claimed responsibility for a car
bombing outside a police station in a western neighbourhood of Kabul
that has left at least 95 people injured.
A military school is adjacent to the police station. The blast was
heard and felt across many parts of the city.
Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the militants, said a recruitment
centre for the "enemy" was targeted, presumably referring to the
school.
An Afghan Public Health Ministry spokesman said most of those injured
are civilians with women and children among them.
Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahimi said that the bombing took
place at the entrance of a police station in the Qala-e Shada
neighbourhood.
Videos and photos shared on social media showed a huge plume of smoke
rising from the blast.
Although witnesses said gunfire could be heard following the bombing
- which would suggest a multi-pronged attacked - Rahimi denied the
presence of any assailants.
The attack was the 16th to take place in Kabul since the beginning of
the year. Nearly 100 people have died and 682 others have been
injured in the attacks.