At least 20 people were feared dead or critically injured when a major explosion went off Thursday, September 5, close to a government Ministry in the center of Kabul in what witnesses said was a car bomb. A spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force said that the explosion went off in the vicinity of the Ministry of Information and Culture in downtown Kabul just before 3:00pm. "We have no details on casualties. We are sending patrols to the scene," Major Steve Odell said. One casualty of the blast, who was heavily bandaged, told AFP that a station wagon exploded near the Ministry and the Spinzar Hotel. Another witness, Najibullah Aryan, said that he had seen at least 20 people lying on the ground close to the Ministry. "I was coming out of the Culture Ministry when the first blast went off," said Aryan. "There were two explosions. The first was not so big but the second was very large. I saw more than 20 people lying on the ground," he added.
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