At least 95 injured in car bomb attack on Kabul police HQ

KABUL – At least 95 people were injured in the car bomb explosion that hit a police headquarters in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday, Wahidullah Mayar, the spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health, said.

Mayar earlier wrote on Twitter that 34 wounded (mostly civilians including women and children) were evacuated to the hospitals by Kabul ambulance as a result of an explosion in District 6th, Kabul City. He, later, tweeted that the number of those injured in the blast reached to 95.

Nasrat Rahimi, the spokesman for the Interior Ministry, confirmed the information about the bombing.

"At around 09.04 a.m. [04:34 GMT], an explosive-laden vehicle struck the first entrance of police HQ of district six," Rahimi said in a message sent to media outlets.

He also refuted reports that militants had entered the scene.

This is a developing story and will be updated soon.