Terror attack in Kabul kills 80, injures 460

India stands with Afghanistan in fighting all types of terrorism, PM Modi said in a tweet

A powerful bomb hidden in a sewage tanker exploded in the morning rush hour in the centre of Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least 80 people, wounding hundreds more and damaging embassy buildings in the Afghan capital's unofficial "Green Zone".

The victims of the explosion at a busy intersection appeared mainly to have been Afghan civilians on their way to work or school, as well as office workers whose nearby buildings did not have the protection of the blast walls that fortify the zone.

The blast, at the start of the holy month of Ramadan, was one of the deadliest