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1st LD: Casualties feared in blast in Afghan capital

Xinhua, March 25, 2016 Adjust font size:

Casualties were feared as an explosion rocked central Afghan capital of Kabul on Friday evening, witnesses and sources said.

"The blast occurred at around 07:45 p.m. (15:15 GMT). We still cannot provide details of causalities. There is fear of possible causalities," a security source told Xinhua.

"So far, we have no more details, but we will try to get information," he said.

Witnesses said that they heard a loud explosion at Macroryan, a locality near Kabul airport that gives home to several apartment buildings and diplomatic offices. Endit