A truck bomb ripped through the diplomatic area of Kabul yesterday, killing at least 80 and wounding hundreds of others in the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital for months.
The blast, which took place during rush hour near the German embassy, was the latest in a wave of attacks to hit Kabul that have exposed the government’s fragile grip on security and put pressure on US president Donald Trump to commit more troops to the conflict.
Afghanistan’s security has deteriorated as the US has drawn down the number of its soldiers deployed in the country from a peak of more than 100,000 six years ago to about 8,600.
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