Explosion hit rush hourThe explosion took place at the peak of Kabul's rush hour when roads are packed with commuters. Three other BBC Kabul staff and a reporter for TV1, a private Afghan channel, were wounded. The German Embassy, the Foreign Ministry and the Presidential Palace are all in the area, as are the British and the Canadian embassies, and the Chinese, Turkish and Iranian embassies. Japan's Foreign Ministry says two of its embassy employees, both Japanese nationals, were slightly injured in the bombing in Kabul earlier in the day. (Rahmat Gul/Associated Press)Turkey's Foreign Ministry said its buildings were damaged but no embassy employees were harmed.

Source: CBC News May 31, 2017 05:22 UTC