Dozens die in Kabul bus bombing

Witness Mohammad Hasiz told the BBC it happened close to police headquarters in the city centre at rush hour.

All roads into the area, also home to the interior ministry, have been shut.

It is the fifth bomb attack in the last three days, one of them in Kabul, but it seems to be the deadliest in the capital since the Taleban was ousted.

The deputy chief of police told the BBC that a man blew himself up on board the bus, which was carrying instructors from the police academy.

The BBC's John Simpson reports from Kabul that the attack is something you can see every day in Baghdad but is disturbingly new on the streets of Kabul.

'Scene from Baghdad'

Just outside the police headquarters, the wrecked bus where the bomb went off is being searched still for bodies and for any trace of the bomb, our world affairs editor says.

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