City mourns after truck bomb kills 90

AFGHANS are mourning family members, friends and colleagues a day after a truck bomb in Kabul left at least 90 people dead and more than 450 others wounded.

It was one of the worst extremist attacks since foreign forces began withdrawing from Afghanistan in 2014.

Scores of people are waiting in hospitals to hear about the condition of relatives and friends wounded in Wednesday’s attack.

The bomber drove into the capital’s heavily guarded diplomatic quarter during the morning rush hour, leaving behind chaos and destruction after the immense explosion.

Most of the casualties were civilians, including women and children, but the dead also included Afghan security guards. There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack.

The city’s acting mayor said the bombing also caused property damage as far as 2.5 miles away from the blast site.

Abdullah Habibzai said city workers have removed around 200 large truckloads of debris.

The total damage cost is estimated at £1.1 million, but that number could rise.

The explosives were hidden in a tanker truck used to clean out septic systems, according to Najib Danish, deputy spokesman for the interior minister.

The lorries are common in Kabul, a city of nearly four million people with no sewage system that mostly depends on septic tanks, and where open sewers are common.