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Blast hits eastern Kabul, no word on casualties

An explosion has hit the eastern part of the Afghan capital and damaged at least two vehicles. There was no immediate word on casualties.
 
A witness says Monday's blast was a suicide attack on a convoy of foreign military vehicles.
 
Police and ambulances rushed to the scene near the Pul-i-Charkhi prison. Two civilian vehicles lay overturned and nearby shop windows were shattered from the force of the explosion.
 
A local shopkeeper named Jameel, who uses only one name, says he saw two NATO vehicles leaving the prison and a car slamming into the second one.
 
The alliance did not comment.
 
Taliban-affiliated militants have stepped up attacks in the final year of the international coalition's combat mission in Afghanistan, seeking to shake confidence in the Kabul government's ability to keep order.
 

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