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Explosion in Central Business District in Kabul, Afghanistan

Aired September 05, 2002 - 06:49   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: And this report coming out of Reuters. We just got it over the wire. There has been a huge, powerful explosion in the central business district in Kabul, Afghanistan. We understand that explosion happened near the Ministry of Information. Dozens of people have been wounded. We have not heard of any fatalities as of yet. The wounded include women and men. We don't know about children yet.
Christiane Amanpour is in Afghanistan. We're going to try to get to her live either in DAYBREAK or "AMERICAN MORNING." We are covering this story.

Again, a powerful explosion in the central business district in Kabul, Afghanistan near the Ministry of Information. Dozens of people are wounded this morning.

We'll have more as we get it in.

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