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Reports of blast near US embassy in Kabul Huge blast rocks Kabul’s diplomatic quarter where US embassy located
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An explosion has rocked Kabul, which reports suggest occurred near the US embassy. A huge explosion has rocked the diplomatic quarter of Kabul, where international embassies, including that of the US, are located, as well as the Afghan Defense Ministry.
An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier was injured in the blast, local media report. An official from the Afghan Interior Ministry, Mohammad Hamayun Aini, confirmed that the explosion had occurred to Pajhwok News. 
The blast went off in the Macrorayan area of Kabul when a magnetic Improvised explosive device (IED) was placed on a vehicle belonging to the Afghan National Army (ANA), TOLOnews said. The blast went off in the Macrorayan area of Kabul when a magnetic Improvised explosive device (IED) was placed on a vehicle belonging to the Afghan National Army (ANA). According to Pajhwok, an ANA vehicle was the target of the attack, which took place near the Defense Ministry.
There are also reports suggesting the blast actually targeted a civilian car near Maiwand Bank. An Afghan National Army (ANA) soldier was injured in the blast, There have also been reports suggesting that the blast took place near Maiwand Bank.
Kabul was the site of a huge attack plotted by the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) that targeted a mass demonstration in July, when several blasts left at least 80 people dead and 231 injured.Kabul was the site of a huge attack plotted by the Islamic State terrorist group (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) that targeted a mass demonstration in July, when several blasts left at least 80 people dead and 231 injured.