‘It’s a Massacre’: Taliban Bomb in Ambulance Kills 95 in Kabul
January 28, 2018 by admin
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The carnage is also tied, analysts say, to President Trump’s decision last month to increase pressure on Pakistan, long seen as supporting the Taliban as a proxy force in Afghanistan. Mr. Trump made a gamble to try to tilt the long war, holding back security aid to Pakistan for what he called the country’s “lies and deceit.”
At the time of the announcement, many Afghan officials feared an immediate escalation in violence as a retaliation and wondered whether their fragile administration could absorb it.
On Saturday, according to Baseer Mujahid, a spokesman for the Kabul police, the bomber drove past the first checkpoint at the entrance to the street.
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“Police stopped the vehicle at the second checkpoint,” Mr. Mujahid said. “Then he tried to drive in from the wrong lane. Again, the police tried to stop him. But he detonated the explosive-laden vehicle.”
Ambulances and police trucks loaded up victims and took them to the city’s hospitals, which were overwhelmed by the number of wounded. Officials feared that the death toll could rise.
Many of the buildings and shops on the street were shattered, their windows blown out. Chaos prevailed as security forces started brawling among themselves, and as family members begged the police to allow them on the street to seek news of loved ones.
“It is a critical situation,” said Waheed Majroh, a spokesman for the Ministry of Health.
The leader of the United Nations Mission in Afghanistan, Tadamichi Yamamoto, said in a statement: “Today’s attack is nothing short of an atrocity, and those who have organized and enabled it must be brought to justice and held to account.
“I am particularly disturbed by credible reports that the attackers used a vehicle painted to look like an ambulance, including bearing the distinctive medical emblem, in clear violation of international humanitarian law.”
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