Australian diplomats ‘in lockdown’ after Kabul truck bomb which killed 64

The death toll in a massive blast which tore through Kabul’s diplomatic quarter Wednesday has climbed to at least 64, the interior ministry said, with 320 wounded including women and children.

A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed vehicle in Zanbaq Square around 08:30 am, the ministry said in a statement. “More than 50 vehicles were either destroyed or damaged.”

Bodies littered the scene and a towering plume of smoke rose from the area, which houses foreign embassies, after the blast blew out the windows in several missions and residences hundreds of metres away.

Witnesses described dozens of cars choking the roads as wounded survivors and panicked schoolgirls sought safety, with men and women struggling to get through security checkpoints to search for loved ones.

Source: Australian diplomats ‘in lockdown’ after Kabul truck bomb which killed 64 | SBS News