Suspected Taliban suicide attack kills dozens, wounds hundreds in Kabul

Breaking news out of Afghanistan where we’re seeing reports that a suspected Taliban suicide bomber has killed at least 28 and wounded over 300 in an attack in downtown Kabul at a little after 9:00 a.m. local time.

#BREAKING Death toll jumps to 28 in Kabul attack: police chief

— AFP news agency (@AFP) April 19, 2016

At least 28 dead, 320 wounded after suicide attack in Kabulhttps://t.co/XneS8uFXVu pic.twitter.com/esTedDmF88

— CP24 (@CP24) April 19, 2016

FOX NEWS ALERT: Death toll in Taliban attack on Kabul security agency compound rises to 28 in coordinated attack.https://t.co/byiU5DLcK0

— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) April 19, 2016

In pictures – Afghanistan's main security agency office attacked in #Kabul https://t.co/vpcEzTSlqq pic.twitter.com/yGFna8bQLr

— Reuters India (@ReutersIndia) April 19, 2016

The cloud from the blast could be seen from miles away:

#Breaking: Dozens killed, hundreds injured in Kabul suicide attackhttps://t.co/qvNPNMSbSB pic.twitter.com/qDtwvj5TOW

— WHNT News 19 (@whnt) April 19, 2016

Breaking: Big explosion, smoke seen over embassy area in Kabul pic.twitter.com/enoZJ782Hq

— Josh Smith (@joshjonsmith) April 19, 2016

According to the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, the attack happened outside of the Ministry of Defense building which is “approximately 1.2 kilometers southeast of the Embassy.”

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