Smoke and flames rise from burning vehicles at the site of an attack in front of the Afghan Parliament building in Kabul on June 22, 2015. (SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images)
A suicide car bomb detonated just outside Afghanistan's Parliament building on Monday, beginning an attack by seven Taliban gunmen on the government body. In harrowing footage from Afghan television station Tolo News, the moment the explosion rocks the building can be clearly seen as unflinching speaker Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi addresses members of Parliament.
Ibrahimi remains surprisingly unperturbed amid the panicked shrieks and dust clouds following the explosion, barely moving from his seat and telling people to not get scared. The lower house speaker attempted to continue his introduction of defense minister nominee Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, even as his audience was rapidly evacuating.
