KABUL, Sept 29: A suicide bomber wearing an army uniform blew up an Afghan military bus in Kabul on Saturday, killing around 30 people and wounding many more.

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai called for ‘stronger vigour’ in the worldwide fight against terrorism after the blast.

The attacker detonated his explosives at the entrance of the bus as it picked up army personnel going to work at the defence ministry in the centre of the city, ministry spokesman Gen Zahir Azimi said.

The force of the explosion blew off the roof and sides of the large bus, which was torn into mangled metal.

Television pictures showed rescuers rushing bloodied bodies from the vehicle. Some of the dead were still in their seats. Debris was scattered across a wide area.—AFP