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Blast near US embassy in central Kabul: official

Published: 29 Aug 2017 - 10:43 am | Last Updated: 04 Nov 2021 - 12:44 pm

Photo: Reuters.

Photo: Reuters.

AFP

Kabul: An explosion occurred near the heavily-fortified US embassy in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul Tuesday, an official said.

"An explosion has happened near Massoud Square in Kabul. We have no more details yet," Najib Danish, a spokesman for Afghanistan's interior ministry, told AFP.

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