Kabul reels after its deadliest attack since 2001
No group has claimed Wednesday’s attack which killed at least 90, though the Haqqani network is suspected, as angry citizens demand answers over intelligence failure
On Thursday, Kabul was reeling from its deadliest attack since 2001, with anguished families burying their dead as authorities cleared away mangled wreckage and public anger mounted over the government’s failure to protect citizens in the heart of the capital. No group has so far claimed Wednesday’s attack, launched from a sewage tanker packed with explosives, which tore a massive crater in the ground and killed at least 90 people, mainly civilians, while wounding hundreds. The brazen attack during the holy month of Ramadan highlighted the ability of militants to strike even in the capital’s most secure district, home to the presidential palace and foreign embassies that are enveloped in a maze of concrete blast walls. Angry citizens demanded answers from the government over the perceived intelligence failure leading to the assault, which underscores spiraling insecurity in Afghanistan. "For how long will we have to tolerate this bloodshed in our country?" a sobbing resident asked o...
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