"Based on initial reports by our police, a gas cylinder was detonated accidentally in Mirwais Mina locality in western Kabul, injuring three people," a Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai told local media.
The incident came as more than 10 suicide bomb attacks rocked the city over the past one month. Majority of the attacks were claimed by the Taliban insurgent group.
The Taliban has intensified attacks with a string of bombings over the past couple of months as NATO and U.S. forces are withdrawing from the country. The war-torn country is due to take over the responsibility for its own security from foreign troops by the end of the year.
By Ruchi Singh
reporter
Park Sae-jin
swatchsjp@ajunews.com
