Kabul: An explosion outside the military airport in Kabul on Sunday has caused multiple casualties, a spokesman for the Taliban-run interior ministry said.
“Today morning an explosion took place outside Kabul military airport, due to which a number of our citizens were martyred and injured,” spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor told Reuters, adding that investigations are underway.>
He did not specify the nature or target of the explosion.
Local residents said a loud explosion was heard before 8 am in the vicinity of the military side of the heavily fortified airport.>
They said the area had been sealed off by security forces, and all roads had been closed.
The Taliban-run administration has been faced with a bloody insurgency waged by the Islamic State militant group, which has in recent weeks targeted a number of key installations in Kabul, including the Russian and Pakistani embassies as well as the office of the country’s former prime minister.>
(Reuters)>