90 killed & 400 wounded in explosion in Kabul blast

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Ninety people have been killed and 400 injured in a powerful car bomb blast that ripped through a diplomatic district in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, according to media.

The huge blast that happened during the morning rush hour caused panic in much of central Kabul, shattering windows as far as a mile away, destroying more than 50 vehicles in the area

Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani condemned the attack, saying “the terrorists, even in the holy month of Ramadan, the month of goodness, blessing and prayer, are not stopping the killing of our innocent people.”

Several hours after the attack, AFP reported that ambulances were still taking the wounded to hospital and rescuers were retrieving bodies from the rubble while firefighters struggle to extinguish flames in adjacent buildings.

Despite the high death toll among local residents, the foreign embassies have not reported any fatalities among their staff.

Saudi Arabia  is a major exporter of the kind of terrorist ideology that drives groups like al-Qaeda and the Islamic State.