35 die in deadliest attack since fall of Taliban

A BOMB ripped through a police academy bus at Kabul’s busiest transportation hub yesterday, killing at least 35 people in the deadliest insurgent attack in Afghanistan since the US-led invasion in 2001.

The Taliban claimed responsibility.

The explosion, which sheared the metal sidings and roof off the bus leaving only a charred frame, represented a leap in scale from previous Taliban or al-Qaida bombings, raising the spectre of an increase in Iraq-style attacks in Afghanistan.