Kabul car bomb near Russia embassy

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A loud explosion was heard on Wednesday in an area close to the Russian embassy in the west of the Afghan capital of Kabul, local media reported.

​The explosion was likely caused by car bomb; a number of casualties are feared, TOLOnews reported, citing eyewitnesses.

​Firefighters are currently battling fire in a building in front of the Russian embassy, Sputnik News reports.