Afghanistan: Several feared dead in blast outside Kabul military airport

An explosion outside the military airport in Kabul has caused multiple casualties, a spokesman for the Taliban-run interior ministry said.

“Today morning an explosion took place outside Kabul military airport, due to which a number of our citizens were martyred and injured,” spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor added that an investigation is under way.

He did not specify the nature or target of the explosion. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.