At least 30 people killed and 320 others injured as Taliban launch suicide bomb and gun attack in wealthy district of Kabul
Taliban militants attacked an office of Afghanistan’s main security agency with a suicide car bomb and gunfire
Pictures showed windows blown out at the front of the office and thick plumes of dark smoke rising into the sky
President Ashraf Ghani condemned attack ‘in strongest possible terms’ from palace few hundred metres from blast
It comes just a week after Taliban announced the start of spring offensive, vowing an escalation of terror attacks
By EMMA GLANFIELD and SIMON TOMLINSON
DailyMail.com
19 April 2016
Taliban militants attacked an office of Afghanistan’s main security agency with a suicide car bomb and gunfire on Tuesday, killing at least 30 people and wounding over 320 in their first assault on the capital since declaring a spring offensive.
President Ashraf Ghani condemned the attack ‘in the strongest possible terms’ in a statement from the presidential palace, just a few hundred metres away from the scene of the blast in central Kabul.
The area has been surrounded by government forces and dozens of ambulances have rushed to the scene.
Witness said the attack began with a suicide car bomb during the height of the morning rush hour and security forces and militants then exchanged gunfire.
Pictures showed windows blown out at the front of an office that houses a National Directorate of Security (NDS) unit.
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