Reports are coming in stating that an explosion happened near the Foreign embassies and the presidential palace.
It’s not immediately clear whether there were causalities but reports state that houses not far from from the location were damaged by the force of the explosion.
Images are circulating around social media showing a large cloud of black smoke over the city.
In recent months there have been sporadic deadly attacks on Kabul all of which highlight the worsening security situation across the country of Afghanistan.
This is not in English but shows some of the aftermath
Earlier this month at least eight civilians were killed in an apparently suicide attack in a Nato convoy as it was passing the U.S. embassy.