Large explosion heard in Afghanistan's capital near the US Embassy

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A large explosion has been heard in Afghanistan's capital near the US Embassy shortly after midnight on the anniversary of the 9/11 attack on the United States.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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KABUL, Afghanistan - A large explosion has been heard in Afghanistan's capital near the US Embassy shortly after midnight on the anniversary of the 9/11 attack on the United States.An embassy employee reached by phone confirmed the blast but had no details.

It would be the first major attack in the Afghan capital since President Donald Trump abruptly called off US-Taleban talks on the brink of an apparent deal to end America's longest war. Two Taleban car bombs shook Kabul last week, killing several civilians and two members of the Nato mission. Trump has cited the death of a US service member in one of those blasts as the reason why he now calls the US-Taleban talks"dead."

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