Afghan bombers learn from Iraq

A BOMB blew up a police bus in the middle of the Afghan capital yesterday, killing more than 35 people in one of Kabul's deadliest explosions.

The blast, described by police as a suicide attack and claimed as such by Taliban insurgents, tore apart the bus and several other vehicles, scattering body parts over the scene.

Such an attack is disturbingly new on the streets of Kabul, and the tactics appear to have been borrowed directly from Iraq.

Suicide blasts are becoming more common in Afghanistan but until now have usually killed fewer than 10 people at a time.

The Taliban, ousted from power in 2001 by US-led forces, said one of its fighters had blown himself up inside the bus.

"It was a very, very successful suicide attack," a Taliban commander, Mullah Hayatullah Khan, said by phone. "We have plans for more successful attacks in future."

The 45-seater bus had been taking officers to a police academy.




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