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Death toll from blast in Afghan capital Kabul rises to 64

Published: 20 Apr 2016 - 12:04 pm | Last Updated: 22 Nov 2021 - 08:23 pm
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Afghan mourners offer funeral prayers for a victim killed in the April 19 Taliban truck bomb attack, in Kabul on April 20, 2016.
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KABUL: The casualty total from Tuesday's major attack in Kabul has risen to 64 killed, more than double the total previously estimated by police, and 347 wounded, Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said on Wednesday.

He said most of those killed in the attack, which hit a security services office in the heart of the government and diplomatic area of the Afghan capital, were civilians.

It was the deadliest single attack in Kabul since 2011.

Reuters