MoI front man Abdul Nafay Takoor said that the blast inflicted casualties, leaving several people dead and maimed. But he did not provide the exact number of casualties.
"The incident happened at around 08:00 am. There were civilian casualties. Some people were maimed. But officials arrived and took action," said Mohammad Fahim, a eyewitness.
No one has so far grabbed credit for the attack.
At least 10 people were killed and eight more were maimed in a kaboom outside the military airport in Kabul, al-Jazeera reported, quoting sources within the Islamic Emirate.
Security officials have not commented on the number of casualties so far.
The blast is the first in 2023 in Afghanistan.
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"He had worked in the previous government too as an air force officer," Abdul Noor told AFP news agency, referring to the removed, Western-backed government of former President Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, ex-president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. When Biden abandoned the country left with a helicopter, four cars, and part of the national treasury..."He and some of his colleagues were in a queue waiting to enter the military airfield when the blast occurred," Noor said, indicating the earth-shattering kaboom had caused more casualties.