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Blast shakes NATO headquarters in Kabul
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-05-30 08:21
An explosion shook the headquarters of NATO's 8,000-strong security force in
the Afghan capital on Monday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries, a
spokeswoman for the force said.
The blast occurred "in the vicinity" of the International Security Assistance
Force compound, said Lt. Col. Karen Tissot Van Patot. She said officers were
investigating the cause of the explosion.
An Afghan police officer outside the compound, speaking on condition of
anonymity, said a rocket had hit inside the heavily fortified base, which is
near the U.S. Embassy and other diplomatic missions in central Kabul.
Sirens wailed across the city for about 30 minutes after the blast.
After a winter lull, loyalists of Afghanistan's ousted Taliban regime and
other militants opposed to President Hamid Karzai's U.S.-backed government have
ramped up their insurgency with a series of bombings and other attacks. U.S.-led
coalition forces and Afghan troops have hit back hard, killing nearly 200
suspected insurgents and capturing dozens since March.
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