Taleban suicide bombers kill 17 and injure 30 in Kabul

[Lucy Wiggin]

A series of suicide blasts in central Kabul today killed at least 16 people and injured more than 30.

A car bomb exploded on the edge of a large park just after 6.30am, destroying a single storey guesthouse popular with Indian contractors.

Eyewitnesses said the streets were deserted as most people were still asleep on the start of the Afghan weekend, which is also part of a religious holiday.

Moments later witnesses said there was a second explosion followed by gunfire. Police and elite counter terrorism troops fought for more than three hours as rescuers continued to heave bodies out of four wrecked buildings.

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