There’s been an explosion followed by the sound of gunfire in Kabul, NPR’s Sean Carberry and other journalists report from the Afghan capital.
Reuters reports that the explosion occurred “at about 4 p.m. local time in a downtown district. … There was no word on any casualties.” The BBC says gunfire can be heard near the headquarters of the Afghan intelligence service.
Sean tweeted just after 8:25 a.m. ET (4:55 p.m. in Kabul) that there’s “ongoing gunfire near scene of blast in Kabul. Police keeping a perimeter of a couple blocks.”
We’ll monitor the news from Kabul and update as the story develops.
Article source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/05/24/186425360/developing-explosion-gunfire-in-kabul?ft=1&f=1001