Afghanistan ‘We have no security’: Kabul reels from deadly ambulance bombing Fear and despair in Afghan capital after more than 100 are killed in suicide attack Volunteer rescue workers carry a man away from the scene of the blast at a police checkpoint. The blast was claimed by the Taliban, a week after its deadly attack on Kabul’s Intercontinental hotel, in a calculated answer to Donald Trump’s strategy in Afghanistan. Despite a major tightening of checks following the embassy attack, the ambulance was able to get through the checkpoints, apparently without difficulty. Pressure is likely to mount on Ghani to resolve political rows with his opponents, in particular with provincial power brokers defying central rule, and focus on security. Najib Mahmood, a political science professor at Kabul University, said: “People think the government is working very badly and security is no good.

Source: The Guardian January 28, 2018 11:28 UTC