Kabul (August 29, 2017): Two persons were killed and eight more were seriously injured in a powerful blast near US embassy here.
The Bomb Disposal Squad and security personnel arriving at the scene of blast immediately after the incident cordoned off the area and took it under their control. The proofs and the evidences are being collected.
According to international media suicide bomber blew himself up on a busy shopping street near the heavily-fortified US embassy in central Kabul killing four people and injuring several others, officials said.
The blast happened at a time when many officials were expected to be collecting their salaries ahead of this week’s Eid holiday. Kabul Bank, the private bank hit by the blast, usually pays the salaries of security forces personnel and government employees.
The blast occurred on a street lined with shops and banks leading to Massoud Square, near the United States embassy and Kabul’s diplomatic area.
So far no one has taken the responsibility.
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