At least 15 people injured in explosion outside Kabul airport - Reports
Bernama
Ogos 26, 2021 15:46 MYT
Ogos 26, 2021 15:46 MYT
Explosion outside Kabul airport, casualties unclear, Pentagon says. Crowds of people wait outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 25, 2021 in this picture obtained from social media. Twitter/DAVID_MARTINON via REUTERS
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