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| Afghanistan |
| Blast accident in Kabul arms depot triggers alarm |
| 2013-12-13 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] An accidental kaboom in an arms depot shook central Kabul yesterday, with Afghan officials moving quickly to allay fears of an attack on the city that has often been targeted by krazed killers. The loud blast erupted close to the NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... 's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) headquarters and in an area of the capital that houses many embassies and international institutions. ISAF confirmed that the kaboom occurred outside their headquarters, while the US embassy sounded its emergency "duck and cover" sirens to warn employees to seek shelter. "It was an accident, not an enemy act," Lutfullah Mashal, an official from the National Directorate of Security (NDS) intelligence agency, told AFP. "The blast happened in a depot for unwent kaboom!ordinance. It was totally an accident. There is no reported casualties, but there are some damages." The NDS said in a statement said that the depot contained explosives recently seized from snuffies and due to be taken to the Disbandment of Illegal Armed Group (DIAG) programme, which destroys illegal weapons and explosives. An NDS front man told local television that the depot stored boom jackets, explosives and unwent kaboom!bombs. The interior ministry also confirmed the kaboom was an accident. |
| Posted by:Fred |