A car bomb targeted an international aid organisation in an upscale area of Kabul on Wednesday, sending a plume of black smoke over the city.
Officials said the attack happened near the office of CARE International, an NGO with operations in Afghanistan, and left nine people wounded.
The blast comes as the US and Taliban representatives hold talks in a bid to end the nearly 18-year-old conflict.
Thousands stranded at Japan's Narita airport after record rain kills four
Record rainfall has left thousands of travellers stranded at Tokyo's Narita airport on Friday morning as flooding in the surrounding area disrupted transport, knocked out power to homes and claimed at least four lives.
Three killed, 17 injured in Cairo mall helium cylinder explosion
Three people have been killed and 17 others injured on Thursday following a fire that broke out from a helium cylinder explosion at Arabella Plaza Mall in Egypt's New Cairo.
US to apply economic measures 'never seen' on Iran, says Treasury Secretary
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday that the United States is going to apply economic measures that have "never been seen" on Iran.
Blast at Rotterdam port energy facility kills one person
A blast at a storage facility for petroleum products at the Netherlands' Rotterdam port killed one person and wounded six others on Thursday.
US can keep blockade on Iranian ports 'indefinitely', Pentagon chief says
The US military has enough assets to maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday, adding ships could be rotated in and out of the region as needed.
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