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Kabul Blast in Diplomatic Area Kills 80
[AlJazeera] At least 80 people, mostly Afghan civilians, have been killed by a huge bomb blast in Kabul, and more than 300 people are wounded.

The explosion stuck at the heart of the Afghan capital's diplomatic area, with scenes of carnage, panic and sorrow quickly emerging.
The 'message': No one is safe. Not in Afghanistan, anyway.
Journalists said the windows of their offices shook, while people ran from the epicentre of the blast with bloody faces.

The blast came just two days into the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
Social media reaction at link, not so much news.
There is tweeted photo of the hole in the road left by the bomb blast, which appears to my untutored eye to be 10-12 feet deep (~3.5m). The article links to a proper Al Jazeera article here. It was updated around noon EDT, has a brief video reporting this took place at the height of morning rush hour, a map of sorts of the key buildings around Zanbaq Square, and adds:
Reporting from Kabul, Al Jazeera's Qais Azimy cited sources as saying that the death toll could be as high as 100, with more than 500 wounded.

The incident raised many security questions in Kabul, Azimy said, noting that many were wondering how "a truck full of explosives could manage to get to that highly secure" part of the Afghan capital.

"Heavily-loaded vehicles are checked thoroughly and usually they are not allowed to pass through these areas without prior clearance from the security forces," Rahim, the security commentator, said.
Bribery, a cousin of the guard got a special favour, the guard was one of the bad guys, or some combination thereof, I suspect.

Posted by: Bobby 2017-05-31
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