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Blast hits eastern Kabul, no word on casualties

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AP Kabul
An explosion has hit the eastern part of the Afghan capital and damaged at least two vehicles. There was no immediate word on casualties.

A witness says today's blast was a suicide attack on a convoy of foreign military vehicles.

Police and ambulances rushed to the scene near the Pul-i-Charkhi prison. Two civilian vehicles lay overturned and nearby shop windows were shattered from the force of the explosion.

A local shopkeeper named Jameel, who uses only one name, says he saw two NATO vehicles leaving the prison and a car slamming into the second one.

The alliance did not comment.
 

Taliban-affiliated militants have stepped up attacks in the final year of the international coalition's combat mission in Afghanistan, seeking to shake confidence in the Kabul government's ability to keep order.

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First Published: Feb 10 2014 | 5:21 PM IST

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