Twin blasts hits capital Kabul, no casualties

KABUL: (MEP) – No casualties were following two separate explosion rocked capital Kabul late Saturday evening.

The first blast took place in Kart-e-Naw area of Kabul city, following a roadside bomb explosion.

An interior ministry official said no casualties were reported in the first blast which took place near the 8th district police.

The second explosion place in Zanbaq square of Kabul city, close to a coalition forces military base, around 7:45 pm local time.

The nature of the explosion is not clear so far. In the meantime, a security official in capital Kabul who requested not to be named said, the blast took place as a result of a magnetic bomb, and a convoy of the coalition forces was targeted, khaama press reported.

The source further added that no casualties were reported following the blast.

Eyewitnesses in the area said the blast took place as a result of a magnetic bomb near the entrance gate of the coalition security forces military base.