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Dozens die in Kabul bus bombing Dozens die in Kabul bus bombing
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At least 35 police officers died after their bus was hit by a suicide bomber in the Afghan capital, Kabul, senior officer Ali Shah Paktiawal has said. At least 35 people died after a police bus was hit by a suicide bomber in the Afghan capital, Kabul, senior officer Ali Shah Paktiawal has said.
Witness Mohammad Hasiz told the BBC it happened close to police headquarters in the city centre at rush hour.Witness Mohammad Hasiz told the BBC it happened close to police headquarters in the city centre at rush hour.
All roads into the area, also home to the interior ministry, have been shut.All roads into the area, also home to the interior ministry, have been shut.
It is the fifth bomb attack in the last three days, one of which was in Kabul, but the BBC's Bilal Sarwary there says such attacks in the city are unusual. It is the fifth bomb attack in the last three days, one of them in Kabul, but it seems to be the deadliest in the capital since the Taleban was ousted.
The deputy chief of police told the BBC that a man blew himself up on board the bus, which was carrying instructors from the police academy.The deputy chief of police told the BBC that a man blew himself up on board the bus, which was carrying instructors from the police academy.
It is the deadliest attack of its kind since the toppling of the Taleban in 2001. The BBC's John Simpson reports from Kabul that the attack is something you can see every day in Baghdad but is disturbingly new on the streets of Kabul.
'Scene from Baghdad'
Just outside the police headquarters, the wrecked bus where the bomb went off is being searched still for bodies and for any trace of the bomb, our world affairs editor says.
On the road around, there were little pools of blood and bits of bodies.
The bus was completely destroyed in the blast, which also damaged other vehicles and may have caused injuries amongst the many pedestrians on the street.The bus was completely destroyed in the blast, which also damaged other vehicles and may have caused injuries amongst the many pedestrians on the street.
A tactic of blowing up buses, particularly if they have got policemen or soldiers on them, has been borrowed directly from Iraq, just like the tactic of the suicide bomb.
It seems that Baghdad, our world affairs editor adds, has come to Kabul.
According to Afghan media reports, Sunday was to see the handover of police training in Kabul from Germany to the European Union.
The city saw another suicide attack at exactly the same time on Saturday morning. That incident on the outskirts caused at least three deaths.The city saw another suicide attack at exactly the same time on Saturday morning. That incident on the outskirts caused at least three deaths.
The past two days have also seen suicide attacks in the north and south of the country.The past two days have also seen suicide attacks in the north and south of the country.