SFGATE: Bomb attack kills 63, wounds 151 in Afghanistan

Bomb attack kills 63, wounds 151 in Afghanistan
Published on January 27, 2018 at 01:40PM by
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Latest on explosion in Afghanistan (all times local): 5 p.m. Afghan Public Health Ministry says death toll in suicide car bomb attack in Kabul has risen to 63, with 151 wounded in the deadliest insurgent attack in the country so far this year. Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, claimed responsibility for the attack, which sent thick, dark smoke into the sky from from the site of the explosion near the government's former Interior Ministry building. __ 2:50 p.m. The Afghan Public Health Ministry says 40 people have been killed and 140 wounded in a suicide car bombing in the capital Kabul claimed by the Taliban.
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