Casualties reported after massive explosion outside Russian embassy in Afghanistan capital
There was an explosion, appearing to be a suicide bomb, near the Russian embassy in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday evening, local time.
Radio Free Europe correspondent Frud Bezhan reported than the Russian embassy confirmed a bomb blast near their offices. A spokesman for the Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs tweeted that the explosion was a suicide bomb.
While initial reports of casualties vary, Afghan news agency TOLOnews is reporting more than a dozen dead and injured: