Ambulance death

A powerful explosion occurred in the center of Kabul, the BBC reports . At least at least 95 people died, 158 were injured.

The Ministry of Health of Afghanistan does not exclude that the number of victims may increase. The victims are still brought to hospitals.

According to police, the attack occurred on the crowded Sadarat Square, near government buildings, foreign embassies and shops. The militant took advantage of the ambulance to drive through the checkpoints.

“He went through the first checkpoint, saying that he was carrying the patient,” said the deputy representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Nasrab Rakhimi. “He suspected him at the second checkpoint, and he brought the explosives in his car.”

Responsibility for the attack was taken by the Taliban organization.

On January 20, 18 people were killed and 10 were injured when attacking terrorists on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul . Among the dead were 14 foreigners, including 11 employees of the private Afghan airline Kamair. Six out of 10 wounded - security forces. 153 people, including 41 foreigners, were evacuated from the hotel by unharmed, Reuters wrote.

The liberation of the building took about half -sections among special forces. Several armored personnel carriers of the US Army, equipped with easel machine guns, participated in the operation. According to various sources, the hotel attacked from three to six terrorists. It is alleged that all the attackers at different times were killed by security forces.

The Taliban, who took responsibility for the attack, announced five militants. The spokeswoman for the organization Zabihullah Mujahid said that at first it was planned to take the attack on Tuesday evening. However, the action was postponed due to the wedding procession - according to Talib, to avoid victims among civilians.

A few days earlier, the American embassy in Kabul warned the country's authorities about the danger of attacks on hotels. On January 21, the Information Technology conference was supposed to take place in Intercontinental. At the time of the attack, there were more than 100 IT managers and engineers at the hotel.