An Afghan military ambulance rushes towards the site of an explosion near police headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. A suicide car bomber targeted the police headquarters in a minority Shiite neighborhood in western Kabul on Wednesday, setting off a huge explosion that wounded dozens of people, Afghan officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. (Rafiq Maqbool / AP Photo)

Afghan Officials Say Kabul Attack Killed 14

By The Associated Press August 7, 2019 at 4:03am

Morning updates on the explosion in the Afghan capital of Kabul (all times local):

3:30 p.m.

Afghan officials say 14 people were killed and 145 others were wounded in a Taliban suicide car bombing outside a police station in Kabul earlier in the day.

Deputy Interior Minister Khoshal Sadat told reporters that 92 of the wounded are civilians.

The Taliban said they had targeted a recruitment center for security forces.

Fourteen people are dead and 145 injured after a Taliban suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan https://t.co/aIApgJ2hMa pic.twitter.com/oG2bTHfz1b

— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 7, 2019

Wednesday morning’s shattering explosion occurred a day after a United States envoy and the Taliban reported progress in their talks on negotiating an end to the nearly 18-year war in Afghanistan.

Even as those talks continue, a growing number of civilians are being killed in Afghanistan.

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The United Nations has said July saw the highest number of civilian casualties in a single month since 2017, with more than 1,500 killed or wounded as insurgent attacks spiked.

9:40 a.m.

Police say a huge explosion has gone off in the western part of Afghanistan‘s capital.

Spokesman Firdaus Faramarz told The Associated Press that there are no immediate details on any casualties or the nature of the explosion in Kabul on Wednesday.

#UPDATE At least 95 people were wounded when a Taliban car bomb detonated in Kabul, sending a massive plume of smoke over the Afghan capital and shattering windows far from the blast site https://t.co/6RhoORNitZ #KabulExplosion pic.twitter.com/jwvAcBHiuU

— AFP news agency (@AFP) August 7, 2019

Local media are showing footage of a large plume of smoke rising above that part of the city, which is home to many of the minority Hazara community.

Meanwhile, a security official confirms that an hours-long clearance operation is underway in eastern Kabul against insurgents on Wednesday.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk with reporters.

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