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Over 50 injured after massive blast rocks Afghanistan's Kabul; Taliban claims responsibility

January 28, 2018 22:15·

View of the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul Afghanistan

The explosion comes a week after a deadly attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in the city.

Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack which is believed to be the biggest since a truck bomb ripped through the Afghan capital's diplomatic quarter on May 31 previous year.

"The latest toll from Kabul hospitals stands at 40 martyred and 140 wounded", health ministry spokesman Waheed Majroh told AFP.

Wais Ahmad Barmak said Sunday that another 235 people were wounded in the attack.

However the casualties rose with more deaths reported from the hospitals where injured were being treated.

What is more shocking is that the Taliban fighters used a four-month-old baby to hide a bomb which they meant to use in a sick terror attack.

The emergency vehicles reportedly rushed to the scene. Several shops, including some selling antiques and photography equipment, were also destroyed.

Windows at the nearby Jamhuriat government hospital were shattered, and its walls were damaged. People helped walking wounded away as ambulances with sirens wailing inched their way through the traffic-clogged streets of the city center. This could amount to perfidy under IHL.

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Afghanistan: 40 Killed, 140 wounded as massive blast rocks Kabul
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Security officials said further attacks were likely and security was tightened around potential targets in the city.

A week ago, Taliban militants killed 22 people in a luxury Kabul hotel. Some 150 guests fled the subsequent gun battle and fire by using bedsheets to climb down from the upper floors.

In a press statement here on Saturday, Tillerson said: "Our thoughts are with the families of the victims who were injured and killed, and we mourn all those who lost their lives in this senseless attack".

Security forces have cordoned off the area as a precautionary measure.

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In a statement, President Donald Trump condemned the attack and said it "renews our resolve and that of our Afghan partners".

Dr Abdullah Abdullah, chief executive of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, wrote on Twitter that Saturday's attack was "insane, inhuman, heinous and a war crime".

Saturday's powerful explosion, which came a week after Taliban militants killed 22 people at an global hotel in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, was felt throughout the city and covered the blast area in smoke and dust.

On Wednesday, IS militants stormed the offices of Save the Children in eastern Afghanistan killing four and triggering a standoff with police that lasted nearly 10 hours.

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