KABUL: Ten people were killed and over 15 others injured in the explosion outside Kabul airport, a source at the emergency hospital told Sputnik on Thursday.

"Ten bodies and more than 15 wounded had been brought in, including children and the Taliban (banned as a terrorist organisation in Russia)," the source said.

"The blast was very heavy and grenades were hurled after the blast," another source added.

Earlier reports said that it was a suicide blast with small arms gunfire heard around the airport premises.

-- BERNAMA