Kabul, August 15: A large explosion rocked Kabul Saturday near the headquarters of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force and in the neighbourhood where the presidential palace and US embassy are located, news reports said.
The blast occurred five days before Afghanistan’s conducts the second direct presidential election in its history and amid security concerns for the voting during an escalating insurgency by Taliban militants.
Television footage of the capital showed a large cloud of smoke rising above the city after the explosion.
What caused the blast or whether there are casualties was not immediately known.