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| Kabul bomb: Huge blast targets French restaurant popular with ex pats on New Year's Day in Afghanistan capital | |
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| A popular French restaurant in downtown Kabul appears to have been targeted in a huge car bomb attack heard across the Afghan capital on New Year's Day. | |
| Witnesses described seeing or hearing a loud explosion at the heart of a central district full of foreign embassies and government buildings. | |
| Speaking to Reuters, a police official said the suspected car bomb had hit the Le Jardin restaurant, one of a small number of establishments still visited by foreigners. | |
| According to a number of local media reports, the restaurant was running a special New Year's promotion at the time. | |
| The apparent attack was the latest in a series of bombings reported across Kabul in recent weeks, and came days after the Taliban claimed responsibility for a deadly explosion near the city's airport. | |
| There were no initial reports on damage or casualties, as well as some conflicting reports suggesting that a government guesthouse was targeted. | |
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