Huge Explosion Near U.S. Embassy Injures 1
From Times Wire Reports
A massive explosion believed to have been caused by a rocket shook Kabul, the capital, near the U.S. Embassy compound, wounding an Afghan security contractor, officials said.
U.S. Embassy spokesman Lou Fintor said the blast did not occur on embassy property, and no Americans were injured. Staff members rushed to a bunker in the compound after the blast at 11 p.m.
Lt. Col. Todd Vician, a Pentagon spokesman, said one rocket struck near, but not inside, the U.S. Embassy compound.
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