Afghanistan: Several huge explosions rock Kabul, casualties feared
Multiple blasts and gunfire on Wednesday rocked Kabul, triggering panic among the people in the war-ravaged capital.
AFP journalists heard several blasts in the heart of the city that were confirmed by police spokesman Hashmatullah Estanakzai. Minutes later, two back-to-back explosions went off in the central Shar-e-Naw commercial district. "A number of gunmen at both sites under attack are engaged with the security forces", Danish said.
A suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of the police station in central Kabul in an area near foreign embassies and government offices, an interior ministry official said.
Apart from the bomber, no casualties were reported and there was no claim of responsibility.
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Ariana TV footage showed a thick plume of black smoke rising into the sky while a photo posted on Twitter purportedly of the west Kabul police station showed a building on fire.
The Taliban recently launched their annual spring offensive, in an apparent rejection of a peace talks overture by the Afghan government.
Fighting traditionally picks up in Afghanistan when warmer weather melts snow in mountain passes, letting insurgents move around more easily.
Twin suicide bombings claimed by IS last week killed at least 25 people, including nine journalists who had rushed to the scene of the first attack, in the deadliest assault on reporters since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
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