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1st LD: Car bombing rocks near airport in E. Afghan town

Xinhua, April 24, 2017 Adjust font size:

Casualties were feared as a massive car bombing rocked near an airport in Afghanistan's eastern Khost city on Monday, a source said.

"The initial information found a suicide car bombing struck near the old airport in Khost city. We still cannot provide details on causalities. There is fear of possible causalities," the source told Xinhua anonymously.

The attack occurred hours after U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis arrived in the country for an unannounced visit.

Government troops cordoned off the area shortly after the blast which came roughly at 1:00 p.m. local time in the area where a base of NATO and U.S. forces is also located.

The blast caused a plume of grey smoke to rise above the scene in the city, capital of Khost province.

No one has so far claimed responsibility for the attack. Enditem