A powerful truck bomb killed at least eight people and wounded hundreds in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday.<br /><br /> There was no immediate claim of responsibility but the early morning blast, which shook a heavily-populated area and ripped through homes and shops, looks to be part of a wave of attacks since a new Taliban leader was announced. <br /><br /> “The ground was shaking when the explosion took place,” said shopkeeper Aziz Khan. <br /><br /> “I thought it was an earthquake. It was horrible.”<br /><br /> “Everyone living in the area was shocked,” resident Khan Zamin Zazai added.<br /><br /> “We are concerned about the security situation which is getting worse every day.”<br /><br /> Conflicting reports put an intelligence compound or a market as the target of the blast, which left a hole in the ground more than 10 metres deep. Most of those injured were civilians.<br /><br /> Police expect the number of dead to rise, as buildings have collapsed and bodies are feared to be buried in the rubble.<br /><br /> The Afghan war between the foreign-backed
