Explosion Sounds in Afghan Capital
By: Curtis McNeely
Updated: November 20, 2012
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A blast has sounded in an area of the Afghan
capital that is home the U.S. Embassy, the international military coalition
headquarters and many high-ranking Afghan officials.
AP reporters heard the explosion shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday local
time. An alarm started going off at the U.S. Embassy, warning staff to
take cover. Kabul police chief spokesman Hashmatullah Stanikzai says
that there was some sort of attack in Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood
and he expected that there were casualties but he had no further details.
International military coalition spokesman Jamie Graybeal says there
are no initial reports of rockets or other any other munitions inside the
headquarters compound.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
