Casualties feared as blast heard in western Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday, eyewitnesses said.
The eyewitnesses who declined to be named said that the blast took place close to students’ class in the Dasht-e-Barchi area, a suburb of Police District 18 around noon.
Meanwhile, Kabul Police spokesman Khalid Zadran confirmed the blast and said in his Twitter account.
Preliminary information indicated that a cylinder of gas exploded in a shop in the Naqash area of Police District 18, today and firefighters have arrived at the site to extinguish the fire.
This was the second blast in Afghanistan’s capital city Kabul since Sunday.
In the previous blast which occurred next to a hotel on Sunday, one person sustained injury, according to the police. (Xinhua/NAN)
