06 June, 2017
Afghanistan's intelligence service, the National Directorate of Security (NDS), has said early findings showed the Haqqani network, with the assistance of the Inter Service Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan's intelligence agency, carried out the attack on Wednesday in Kabul that killed at least 90 people.
The attack, which blew doors off their hinges hundreds of yards away and shattered windows, came days after the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
A powerful bomb hidden in a sewage tanker exploded in in the centre of Kabul killing at least 80 people, wounding hundreds and damaging embassy buildings in the Afghan capital.
Local authorities said that the number of casualties might rise after workers were still digging for bodies from the site following the explosion.
The deadly incident took place near the U.S./NATO-led coalition's headquarters and the German Embassy - in Kabul's Green Zone neighborhood, considered the safest area in the capital.
"This is the second day that we are searching for my nephew Habibiullah and have been to all Kabul hospitals, still couldn't find him", he said.
Angry citizens demanded answers from the government over the perceived intelligence failure leading to the assault, which underscores spiralling insecurity in Afghanistan.
A day after the terror attack in Kabul, that killed almost at least 80 people and injured many others, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani issued a decree ordering the execution of 11 Haqqani Network and Taliban prisoners, ANI reported.
At least 11 Afghan guards working for the USA embassy were among those killed and 11 American citizens working as contractors in Kabul were among the wounded, USA officials said.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday conveyed "his deepest condolences" to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, hours after what the White House called a "barbaric" attack that rocked the Afghan capital.
The UN Security Council condemned them as "heinous and cowardly", and urged all countries to cooperate with the Afghan government in identifying and bringing the perpetrators to justice.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack; the Taliban have reportedly condemned it.
"It felt like an quake", said 21-year-old Mohammad Hassan, describing the moment the blast struck the bank where he was working.
Nine Afghan security guards at the American embassy were among the dead.
BBC also confirms that the attack killed Afghan driver Mohammed Nazir and injured four of its journalists.
