U.S. Embassy Sounds Alarm After Apparent Suicide Car Bomb
Less than two hours after President Barack Obama flew out of Afghanistan after a surprise visit Tuesday, the US embassy in Kabul sounded its alarm after a large explosion was heard in the city.
"Duck and cover here at the embassy. Not a drill – avoid the area," the embassy wrote on its Twitter page.
French news agency AFP, which has an office neighboring the US embassy, reported that alarms could be heard warning staff to "take cover, move away from the windows."
Police told AFP that the explosion was caused by a suicide car bomber, but no further details were available.
Obama made a symbolic trip to Afghanistan on Tuesday, arriving on the first anniversary of the killing of al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden to sign an agreement with President Hamid Karzai that marks a transition in the war while committing the US to another decade of economic and military aid.
He said the Strategic Partnership Agreement he signed in Kabul would allow the US to disentangle from Afghanistan, while not specifying funding or troop levels.
The trip came amid complaints by critics that Obama has politicized bin Laden's death. Nonetheless, the president drew cheers in a speech to troops at Bagram Air Base for his single mention of the US raid that killed the mastermind behind the attacks that sparked the decade-long war.
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