(8 Oct 2009) SHOTLIST
1. Wide exterior of Jamhoriat hospital
2. Various of wounded
3. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Mohammad Ismael Shahpoor, wounded
"There was a blast near the Ministry of Interior passport department. I fell down from my bicycle and I lost it, I do not know what happed afterwards, now I have problem with my ears, I cannot hear correctly."
4. Various of doctor observing a wounded man
5. SOUNDBITE (Dari) Dr. Nasir Ahmad Nooryar, surgeon
"We have admitted around 35 wounded in this hospital. We referred some of them to the other hospitals after giving them first aid and also we have received one dead body."
6. Health workers and locals in hospital corridor
STORYLINE
A powerful car bomb exploded in the busy centre of Afghanistan's capital early Thursday, killing at least seven civilians, destroying vehicles and blowing off the walls of shops, officials said.
At least 67 people, including members of Afghan security forces, were wounded in the attack, which struck a shop-lined road between the Indian
Embassy and the Interior Ministry, according to Sayed Kabir Amiri, the head of all hospitals in the capital.
The blast hit shortly after 0830 am (0400 GMT) just as people were arriving at work.
It shattered glass and rattled buildings more than a mile (kilometre) away.
A huge brown plume of smoke was visible in the air as ambulances raced
to the scene carrying away the wounded.
Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary said the explosion was a suicide car bomb. He did not give other details and there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
President Hamid Karzai's office condemned the attack and said at least seven people were killed and most of the wounded were civilians.
Victim Mohammad Ismael Shahpoor was being treated at Jamhoriat hospital.
"I fell down from my bicycle and I lost it, I do not know what happed afterwards, now I have problem with my ears, I cannot hear correctly," he said on Thursday.
The Afghan Interior Ministry is just across the street from Indian Embassy.
The road right in front of the embassy has been barricaded since a July 2008 attack that killed dozens of civilians.
Two vehicles nearby were badly damaged. One of them was labelled as a UN vehicle.
The Afghan capital has been hit numerous times in recent months by suicide bombers and roadside bombs.
The attacks usually target international military forces or government installations, but Afghan businesses and civilians are also often killed or injured.
In the most recent attack in mid-September, a suicide car bomber rammed into an Italian military convoy on a road leading to the airport.
That blast killed six Italian soldiers and 10 Afghan civilians.
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