[Al Jazeera] An explosion has rocked the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least four people and wounding scores of others, the country's health ministry has said.The 93 people injured in the blast on Monday in eastern Kabul included 24 children, Afghanistan's Public Health Ministry spokesperson Wahidullah Mayar said in a Tweet.
The explosion took place when a bomb-laden car blew up outside a high-security compound that is home to several international companies and charities, security officials told the Reuters news agency.
"Most of the victims were civilians," said Interior Ministry spokesperson Najib Danish.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.
"The area is cordoned off ... and search operation under way for suspects and attackers," he said.
Local Afghan news website Tolo News posted footage on Twitter which appeared to show ambulances returning from the scene of the explosion.
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Among those maimed, 23 are children and 12 are women.
Interior Ministry deputy front man Nusrat Rahimi meanwhile said the figure is not final and the casualties may rise.
Ministry of Public Health officials said 50 people have been maimed.
Following the Monday evening attack, Danish said the kaboom was from a truck bomb kaboom which occurred near Green Village compound in Kabul's PD9.