The chaos happened when a car laden with explosives went off outside the office of a security detail responsible for protecting Afghan government VIPs and officials, according to police sources.

Seems that fighting is still going on as shots are ringing out sporadically#KabulBlastpic.twitter.com/jr3VGWZ9jG

— Abu Dujanah (055Brigade) April 19, 2016 As many as 200 people are reported injured. Witnesses say the explosion sparked a heavy gunfight in a densely populated part of the city during rush hour. Afghan president says several killed and wounded in Kabul blast https://t.co/lyzEfKsAGp pic.twitter.com/cnXYW5dJGM\u2014 Reuters Top News (@Reuters) April 19, 2016 The the country\u2019s Ministry of Defence and the Afghan Intelligence Agency are in the vicinity of the attack. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the carnage and authorities believe it is part of the armed group\u2019s spring offensive, announced last week.", "dateCreated": "2016-04-19 09:36:54", "dateModified": "2016-04-19 09:36:54 +02:00", "datePublished": "2016-04-19 09:36:54 +02:00", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://static.euronews.com/articles/330391/1440x810_330391.jpg", "width": "1440px", "height": "810px", "caption": "A suicide bomb blast has killed dozens in the Afghan capital Kabul.", "thumbnail": "https://static.euronews.com/articles/330391/385x202_330391.jpg", "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "euronews", "url": "https://static.euronews.com/website/images/euronews-logo-main-blue-403x60.png" } }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Euronews", "url": "https://www.euronews.com/", "sameAs": [ "https://www.facebook.com/euronews", "https://twitter.com/euronews", "https://flipboard.com/@euronews", "https://www.instagram.com/euronews.tv/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/euronews" ] }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Euronews", "legalName": "Euronews", "url": "https://www.euronews.com/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://static.euronews.com/website/images/euronews-logo-main-blue-403x60.png", "width": "403px", "height": "60px" }, "sameAs": [ "https://www.facebook.com/euronews", "https://twitter.com/euronews", "https://flipboard.com/@euronews", "https://www.instagram.com/euronews.tv/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/euronews" ] }, "video": { "@type": "VideoObject", "contentUrl": "https://video.euronews.com/mp4/med/EN/NW/SU/en/160419_NWSU_080A0-095509_E.mp4", "description": "A suicide bomb blast has killed dozens in the Afghan capital Kabul.", "duration": "PT50S", "embedUrl": "https://www.euronews.com/embed/330391", "height": "202px", "name": "Deadly suicide bomb attack hits Afghan capital Kabul", "thumbnailUrl": "https://static.euronews.com/articles/330391/385x202_330391.jpg", "uploadDate": "2016-04-19 09:36:54", "videoQuality": "md", "width": "385px", "inLanguage": { "name": "en-GB", "alternateName": "en", "description": "https://www.euronews.com", "identifier": "en", "url": "https://www.euronews.com", "inLanguage": "en-GB" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Euronews", "legalName": "Euronews", "url": "https://www.euronews.com/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://static.euronews.com/website/images/euronews-logo-main-blue-403x60.png", "width": "403px", "height": "60px" }, "sameAs": [ "https://www.facebook.com/euronews", "https://twitter.com/euronews", "https://flipboard.com/@euronews", "https://www.instagram.com/euronews.tv/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/euronews" ] } }, "speakable": { "@type": "SpeakableSpecification", "xPath": [ "/html/head/title", "/html/head/meta[@name='description']/@content" ], "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2016/04/19/deadly-suicide-bomb-attack-hits-afghan-capital-kabul" } }, { "@type": "WebSite", "name": "Euronews.com", "url": "https://www.euronews.com/", "potentialAction": { "@type": "SearchAction", "target": "https://www.euronews.com/search?query={search_term_string}", "query-input": "required name=search_term_string" }, "sameAs": [ "https://www.facebook.com/euronews", "https://twitter.com/euronews", "https://flipboard.com/@euronews", "https://www.instagram.com/euronews.tv/", "https://www.linkedin.com/company/euronews" ] } ] }

Deadly suicide bomb attack hits Afghan capital Kabul

Deadly suicide bomb attack hits Afghan capital Kabul
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A suicide bomb blast has killed dozens in the Afghan capital Kabul.

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A huge suicide bomb blast has killed dozens of people in the Afghan capital Kabul.

24 killed as blast rocks Afghan Intelligence Office in Kabul https://t.co/o3ZNkzr6G1#KabulBlastpic.twitter.com/vWHZQGZfoq

— Newsroompost.com (newsroompostind) <a href="https://twitter.com/newsroompostind/status/722316825057497089">April 19, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <br>The chaos happened when a car laden with explosives went off outside the office of a security detail responsible for protecting Afghan government VIPs and officials, according to police sources. <br> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"tw-align-center data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Seems that fighting is still going on as shots are ringing out sporadically<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KabulBlast?src=hash">#KabulBlast</a> <a href="https://t.co/jr3VGWZ9jG">pic.twitter.com/jr3VGWZ9jG</a></p>&mdash; Abu Dujanah (055Brigade) April 19, 2016

As many as 200 people are reported injured. Witnesses say the explosion sparked a heavy gunfight in a densely populated part of the city during rush hour.

Afghan president says several killed and wounded in Kabul blast https://t.co/lyzEfKsAGppic.twitter.com/cnXYW5dJGM

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) April 19, 2016

The the country’s Ministry of Defence and the Afghan Intelligence Agency are in the vicinity of the attack. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the carnage and authorities believe it is part of the armed group’s spring offensive, announced last week.

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