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| New blast in Kabul follows attack that killed at least 28 | New blast in Kabul follows attack that killed at least 28 |
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| A second huge explosion has reportedly hit Kabul, hours after a suicide bomber killed at least 28 people and injured over 300 not far from the US embassy in the Afghan capital. | A second huge explosion has reportedly hit Kabul, hours after a suicide bomber killed at least 28 people and injured over 300 not far from the US embassy in the Afghan capital. |
| The exact location of the new explosion is not yet known, but witnesses told Reuters they heard the sound of sirens across the city. | The exact location of the new explosion is not yet known, but witnesses told Reuters they heard the sound of sirens across the city. |
| Twitter users have described the blast as “big” and “loud.” | Twitter users have described the blast as “big” and “loud.” |
| The explosion reportedly took place in the affluent Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood in northern Kabul, near the compound of Afghan warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum, LPD Afghanistan said on Twitter. | |
| A police source told BBC journalist Kawoon Khamoosh that the blast hit the Shirpor district and was caused by an improvised explosive device. | |
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