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Urgent: Big bang heard in Afghan capital

Xinhua, May 4, 2015 Adjust font size:

A big bang was heard in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday morning.

"It looked like an explosion which occurred at around 8:25 a.m. (local time) in Allawoddin locality, in western part of the capital," witness Abdul Jalil told Xinhua, adding the nature of the blast remained unknown. Endi