Huge blast rocks Afghan capital, 4 injured

A huge blast has hit a busy road in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul during rush hour, leaving at least four people injured.

The explosion took place on the road close to a university and an old parliament building in the city just before 17:00 local time (1230 GMT).

Sediq Seqqi, a spokesman for the Afghan Interior Ministry, said the target of the blast appeared to have been a bus transporting employees of Afghanistan’s Ministry of Mining and Petroleum.

Officials said three men and one woman were injured in the blast.

The explosion was set off by a terrorist who detonated his explosives on Darul Aman road, witnesses said.

Photos from the scene of the blast showed a small bus with its windows shattered.

The news comes as fierce fighting is underway in the northern city of Kunduz between government forces and Taliban militants.

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