A huge explosion hit near foreign embassies in Kabul on Wednesday morning, killing at least nine and injuring at least 100, Afghan officials said.
Video from the scene showed a massive plume of smoke and emergency vehicles speeding toward it. Sounds of screams, blaring sirens and traffic pierced the morning sky.
Bystanders lifted an injured man from the back of a pickup as others hovered nearby in bloody clothes, some pressing pieces of cloth to their wounds.
The blast was caused by a suicide attack near the German Embassy, according to Najib Danish, a spokesman for the interior ministry. The health ministry said the people injured were taken to various hospitals.
“By God’s grace, Indian Embassy staff are safe in the massive #Kabul blast,” India’s foreign minister, Sushma Swaraj, tweeted.
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