Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack; see AP report below.
The blast struck near the entrance of Kabul's international airport during the peak lunchtime period, officials said
Photo: SHAH MARAI / AFP - Getty Images
A second suicide bomb on Monday also caused casualties in southern Helmand province, Danish said.
UPDATE (5:30 AM EDT)
Mon Aug 10, 2015 4:58am EDT
Car bomb explodes near Kabul airport
By SAYED HASSIB reporting from Kabul
Reuters
A car bomb exploded near the entrance to Kabul airport on Monday, killing at least four people and wounding 17, days after a series of suicide attacks in the Afghan capital killed dozens and wounded hundreds.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in a crowded area outside an airport checkpoint, but a security official said it appeared to be aimed at two armored cars, although it was not clear who was in the vehicles.
The tangled, flaming wreckage of one of the cars lay on its side, as dozens of fire fighters and police gathered.
Four civilians were killed, and 17 people wounded, including a woman and a child, said Wahidullah Mayar, a spokesman for the public health ministry.
Kabul was already on high alert following last week's attacks which killed at least 50 civilians and security forces personnel in the worst violence in the Afghan capital in year
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(Reporting by Mirwais Harooni and Sayed Hassib)
Mon Aug 10, 2015 4:58am EDT
Car bomb explodes near Kabul airport
By SAYED HASSIB reporting from Kabul
Reuters
A car bomb exploded near the entrance to Kabul airport on Monday, killing at least four people and wounding 17, days after a series of suicide attacks in the Afghan capital killed dozens and wounded hundreds.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in a crowded area outside an airport checkpoint, but a security official said it appeared to be aimed at two armored cars, although it was not clear who was in the vehicles.
The tangled, flaming wreckage of one of the cars lay on its side, as dozens of fire fighters and police gathered.
Four civilians were killed, and 17 people wounded, including a woman and a child, said Wahidullah Mayar, a spokesman for the public health ministry.
Kabul was already on high alert following last week's attacks which killed at least 50 civilians and security forces personnel in the worst violence in the Afghan capital in year
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(Reporting by Mirwais Harooni and Sayed Hassib)
[END REPORT]
UPDATE (4:50 AM EDT)
UPDATE (4:50 AM EDT)
Updated: August 10, 2015 13:32 IST
IB Times (India)
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Afghanistan: Blast reported near Kabul airport
August 10, 2015
BBC [this is the earliest report; it's been updated since it was first published]
A bomb blast ripped across the entrance of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul at around noon local time on Monday, and several casualties have been reported.
A car bomb was detonated near the Kabul airport when a convoy said to be carrying government officials was travelling through,Khaama Press reported.
The blast hit Afghanistan's capital city days after deadly terror attacks in Kabul had killed scores of civilians and security officials.
Afghanistan's Interior Ministry has confirmed that several civilians and security officials have been killed, TOLO News reported.
The Afghan health ministry has said that at least seven civilians, including a child, have been injured in the Kabul airport attack,Pajhwok Afghan News reported.
No one has claimed the attack though the blame is usually put on the Taliban, which has unleashed a deadly wave of attacks in the country.
Images of the deadly suicide attack outside the Kabul airport showed massive destruction.
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Afghanistan: Blast reported near Kabul airport
August 10, 2015
BBC [this is the earliest report; it's been updated since it was first published]
Police in Afghanistan's capital say a suicide bomber has attacked a checkpoint near the entrance to Kabul's international airport.
Local media reports say casualties are expected and but no official figures have been released yet.
The attack appeared to target a convoy of armoured cars, according to security officials at the scene.
Local media reports say casualties are expected and but no official figures have been released yet.
The attack appeared to target a convoy of armoured cars, according to security officials at the scene.
The incident is the latest in a series of deadly attacks in Kabul in the past few days.
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