Explosion reported in Kabul: Report

An explosion, apparently caused by an improvised bomb, hit an area of western Kabul on Monday causing an unknown number of casualties, local residents said.

"I was busy with a customer when a boom shook the store," said Ahmad Murtaza, a shopkeeper in the Kote Sangi area.

"I saw people were taking victims from the blast site, I don't know whether they were dead or injured."

Tolo News television quoted an unnamed security official confirming that the blast had taken place but saying there were no casualties.