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Trump urges 'decisive action' against Taliban after Kabul attack

January 28, 2018 22:13·
Massive blast near embassies kills 40, injures 140 in Kabul

Massive blast near embassies kills 40, injures 140 in Kabul

United States forces have been in Afghanistan for almost 16 years - and the conflict has gained a reputation as America's longest and most expensive war.

Saturday's powerful explosion came a week after Taliban militants killed 22 people at an worldwide hotel in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul.

A spokesman for Kabul police said the suspected bomber drove past a security checkpoint before being stopped at a second checkpoint. Once the driver reached a second checkpoint, he detonated the explosives. As a result of the blast, many buildings in the vicinity have been damaged, with windows blown out.

"The majority of the dead in the attack are civilians, but of course we have military casualties as well", Rahimi said. He said four people have been arrested in connection with Saturday's attack.

The explosion happened in a busy part of the city where the High Peace Council has offices.

In a statement from his Spokesman, Guterres said that indiscriminate attacks against civilians are grave violations of human rights and worldwide humanitarian law and can never be justified.

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He also expressed sympathy with the Afghan government and people and the families of the victims.

Nicholson said the terrorists care nothing for the people of Afghanistan.

This is the deadliest attack in Kabul in several months. Last October, the Taliban killed 176 people in a similar attack in the country. Some 150 guests fled the subsequent gun battle and fire by using bedsheets to climb down from the upper floors.

The US has stepped up its assistance to Afghan security forces and increased its air strikes against the Taliban and other militant groups, aiming to break a stalemate and force the insurgents to the negotiating table.

Trump has said he wanted to shift from a time-based approach in Afghanistan to one based on conditions on the ground.

"President Donald Trump in August committed to putting more US troops in Afghanistan to "[attack] our enemies, [obliterate] ISIS, [crush] al-Qaeda, [prevent] the Taliban from taking over the country". On Wednesday, gunmen stormed the offices of aid organization Save the Children in Jalalabad, killing five and wounding 25 in an attack claimed by the terrorist group ISIL (paywall). ISIS was involved in at least 10 fatal attacks in Afghanistan previous year.

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