STORY: An accidental detonation of explosives stored in an Afghan facility beside the U.S. embassy in Kabul sparked a brief panic early on Thursday (December 12), triggering concerns of an attack, but no immediate reports of casualties.<br/> <br />The blast happened about 10.30 a.m. (0600GMT), and the U.S. embassy's alarm was heard blaring across the diplomatic area of the Afghan capital immediately afterwards.<br/> <br />Farid Shamal, a spokesman for Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security, allayed the worries, saying an electrical fault had accidentally ignited explosives stored in the agency's main compound in Kabul.<br/> <br />The explosion came a day after a suicide bomber attacked a German convoy entering an ISAF facility at the city's international airport.
