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Huge blast rocks Kabul: AFP

Published: 27 Jan 2018 - 11:37 am | Last Updated: 10 Nov 2021 - 07:26 am

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A huge blast rocked Kabul on Saturday, AFP reporters and witnesses said, in the latest apparent attack in the capital of war-torn Afghanistan.

AFP reporters heard a loud explosion that rattled the windows of their compound and photos posted online purportedly of the blast showed a huge plume of smoke rising into the sky.

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