喀布爾卡車炸彈爆炸造成至少50人喪生

A massive truck bomb exploded Wednesday morning in the diplomatic section of Afghanistan's capital, killing at least 50 people and wounding over 320 others, a health ministry spokesman told VOA.

The blast ripped through the central Wazir Akbar Khan area of Kabul, home to foreign diplomatic missions and government offices, damaging dozens of vehicles and surrounding buildings. Initial reports said the explosives were hidden in a water tanker.

Afghan officials say the casualty figures are likely to rise.

The target of the massive bombing was not immediately clear. It happened in an area not far from the German embassy. However, the explosion mostly devastated a nearby building, housing the main office of Roshan, the leading telecommunications service provider in Afghanistan.

Afghan security forces swiftly cordoned off the area and international troops also have arrived at the site to assist in rescue efforts. There were no immediate claims of responsibility for what residents in Kabul said appeared to be one of the deadliest bombings in years.

Wednesday's attack comes amid intensified deadly Taliban attacks on Afghan forces while loyalists of Islamic State have also conducted terrorist strikes against high-profile targets in recent months in and outside Kabul.

The latest violence also comes as President Ashraf Ghani is set to host a conference of neighboring and regional countries in Kabul next week to discuss ways to end an increasingly deadly Afghan conflict.阿富汗衛生部一名發言人告訴美國之音，首都喀布爾的外交使館區星期三早晨發生一次巨大的卡車炸彈爆炸事件，造成至少50人喪生，320多人受傷。

爆炸炸壞了喀布爾的瓦茲爾·阿克巴·汗區，那裏坐落着很多外國外交使團和政府辦公室，炸燬了數十輛車輛和周邊建築物。最初報道稱，爆炸物被藏在一輛水車裏。

阿富汗官員表示，傷亡數字可能還會上升。

此次嚴重炸彈爆炸事件的襲擊目標目前還不清楚。爆炸發生在距離德國大使館不遠的地方。但是爆炸最主要炸燬了鄰近的一座建築，那裏是阿富汗最大的電訊服務商羅山電信公司的主要辦公地點。

阿富汗安全部隊迅速封鎖了這一地區，國際部隊也抵達該地協助救援。目前還沒有人聲稱對此事件負責。喀布爾的居民表示，該事件可能是多年來最爲致命的一次。

星期三的襲擊事件發生之際，塔利班正在對阿富汗部隊發動密集的致命攻擊，伊斯蘭國的效忠分子最近幾個月來也一直在喀布爾城內外針對主要目標發動恐怖襲擊。

最新暴力事件發生的同時，阿富汗總統加尼預定下週要在喀布爾主辦一次鄰國和地區國家的會議，討論結束阿富汗不斷升級的衝突。