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Kabul blast: At least 40 dead, 140 injured in explosion; Taliban claims responsibility for attack

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 1/27/2018 6:11:51 PM

The bomb went off near a police checkpoint close to foreign embassies and government buildings. Member of Parliament Mirwais Yasini, who witnessed the blast, recounted that an ambulance neared the police checkpoint and exploded. He said he saw 'a number of people lying on the ground'.