Kabul blast death toll climbs to 64: interior ministry

The death toll in a massive blast which tore through Kabul's diplomatic quarter today has climbed to at least 64, the interior ministry said, with 320 wounded including women and children.

A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed vehicle in Zanbaq Square around 08:30 am, the ministry said in a statement. "More than 50 vehicles were either destroyed or damaged.