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An Afghan policeman stands guard outside a mosque where a suicide bomber detonated a bomb, in Kabul, Afghanistan last week. Reuters/PA Images

At least 24 killed in Kabul car bombing

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the blast.

AT LEAST 24 people have been killed and 42 wounded after a Taliban car bomb struck a bus carrying government employees in western Kabul , officials said, the latest attack to strike the Afghan capital.

“The car bomb hit a bus carrying employees of the ministry of mines during rush hour,” interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish told AFP.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast that hit a busy neighbourhood of the Afghan capital just before 7am – around half three in the morning Irish time.

The bombing comes as the resurgent militant group has stepped up attacks across the country in recent days, with several new districts falling to the Taliban over the weekend.

The blast hit an area of the capital that is home to many Shiite Hazaras, a persecuted ethnic minority who have been targeted many times in the past.

It is also near the home of prominent politician and former warlord Mohammad Mohaqeq.

Omid Maisom Mohaqiq, a spokesman for the politician, said the bomb had detonated near the first checkpoint approaching the house, “killing and wounding some civilians”.

An AFP photographer at the scene saw multiple bodies and wounded people in the street, surrounded by shattered glass as security forces cordoned off the area.

The charred remains of the bus stood in the middle of the road and a black column of smoke from the explosion hung in the air.

An army truck and forklifts were attempting to remove the carcass of the bus as ambulances as well as taxis and private cars ferried the injured to nearby hospitals, an AFP photographer said.

One-year anniversary

Kabul’s Hazara community were due to mark the one-year anniversary of an attack in the heart of the capital that killed 84 and wounded more than 300 people, mostly members of the ethnic minority.

That attack was the first in Afghanistan claimed by the Islamic State group, which has since carried out multiple attacks targeting the country’s Shiite minority.

The Hazara community were due to hold a demonstration to mark the 23 July 2016 tragedy, but had agreed to postpone the march after meeting with President Ashraf Ghani .

Kabul is regularly rocked by suicide bombs and attacks. A recent UN report showed that attacks on the capital accounted for nearly one-fifth of all civilian Afghan casualties in the first half of 2017.

The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), which has been documenting civilian casualties since 2009, said in its recent report that 1,662 civilians were killed and more than 3,500 injured in the first six months of the year.

Many died in a single devastating attack in Kabul in late May when a truck bomb exploded, also during the morning rush hour, killing more than 150 people and injuring hundreds.

UNAMA put the civilian death toll at 92, saying it was the deadliest incident to hit the country since 2001.

© – AFP, 2017

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    Oct 25th 2020, 10:57 PM

    does the moon effect the oceans yes.you didn’t ask for any more information

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    Oct 25th 2020, 11:22 PM

    @matthew o reilly: I thought that as well, but put crust just in case

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    Oct 25th 2020, 11:42 PM

    @matthew o reilly: Had to double check the question when my answer went red.

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    Oct 26th 2020, 9:10 AM

    @matthew o reilly: yeah a lot of answers in these quizzes are silly, yes should have gone green too

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    Oct 26th 2020, 10:41 AM

    @matthew o reilly: is “a” a word now ? I knew it though …..ill get my coat..

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    Oct 26th 2020, 7:22 AM

    Fun fact about the moon.
    It is 400 times smaller than the sun, but it is also 400 times closer to earth than the sun. Therefore looks the same size in the sky and makes total solar eclipses possible.
    This is a complete coincidence and we are blessed to witness it.

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    Oct 25th 2020, 10:49 PM

    It’s first name is Keith.

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    Oct 25th 2020, 11:19 PM

    @John Fairclough: now there’s a legend!

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    Oct 26th 2020, 10:18 AM

    @John Fairclough: Who?

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    Bloody Greek mythology , almost got 10/10

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    @Richard Cronin: Luna eh. Done the same my friend

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    Oct 25th 2020, 10:36 PM

    @Tom Ripley: Same

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    Oct 25th 2020, 11:22 PM

    @Tommy Roche: Same

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    Oct 25th 2020, 10:10 PM

    I know it’s hollow and is probably an artificial construct that was towed into place to protect this zoo earth from astroids. We are watched as by ETs, a kind of big brother of you will.
    And less not forget Stanley Kubrick faked the moon landings.

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    Oct 25th 2020, 10:29 PM

    @Mark Walsh: I think it’s made of cheese. My mate told me that

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    @Mark Walsh: have you been to a Qanon website?

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    Oct 26th 2020, 7:03 AM

    @Paul Crudge: Qanon? Are you serious mate, grab your tinfoil hat. What I’ve said about the moon can be proven

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    Oct 26th 2020, 11:01 AM

    @Mark Walsh: he was hired to fake it, but insisted on shooting on location! ;)

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    Oct 25th 2020, 11:05 PM

    The cow jumped over it

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    Oct 25th 2020, 10:34 PM

    I was born there,well that’s what mee ma always said

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    Oct 25th 2020, 11:40 PM

    I saw the crescent, you saw the whole bleedin yoke!

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    Oct 26th 2020, 7:48 AM

    I’m surprised Armstrong hadn’t to back to the moon and rephrase his first words in order to keep everyone happy.

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    Oct 26th 2020, 9:38 AM

    My 5yr old son got 6 out of 10 not bad

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    Oct 26th 2020, 11:40 AM

    @Brenda Walsh: Good for him. I am jealous because I would have got 6 also if The Journal was not giving the wrong answer to the oceans question!

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    Oct 26th 2020, 8:57 AM

    Wonder what this NASA announcement is gonna be?
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    Hope it’s something exciting , and not some boring mumble jumble

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    Oct 26th 2020, 9:46 AM

    @Denis White: trump is moving all illegal immigrants there along with all democrats

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    Oct 25th 2020, 10:48 PM

    HOWLLLLLLLLLLLL WEREWOLF

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    Capricorn one.

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    Fact: Uranus is sideways.

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    Oct 26th 2020, 8:54 AM

    @Decko Kelly: I watched that show too.

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    Oct 26th 2020, 1:56 PM

    @Decko Kelly: so is yours

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    Oct 25th 2020, 11:36 PM

    We Like The Moon https://youtu.be/Ui5l8mp4BO4

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    Oct 25th 2020, 11:26 PM

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    It scares some people https://youtu.be/PFN-VLB6yBs

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    It’s made of cheese

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    I’m not one of the moonies.

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    Oct 26th 2020, 12:56 PM

    I’d question that craters one. They are all circular showing they were not impacts but volcanic eruptions. Impacts would have an angle

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    Oct 26th 2020, 1:09 PM

    Stooopid questions.

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