A powerful explosion in Kabul has left several people dead and dozens more wounded.<br /><br />The blast happened in an area of the Afghan capital housing foreign embassies and government departments.<br /><br />A Reuters television team saw at least eight people who appeared to have been killed, besides several wounded at the explosion site in the city’s Wazir Akbar Khan area.<br /><br />A public health official said three dead bodies and 10 wounded had been taken to city hospitals.<br /><br />No-one has claimed responsibility for the attack, or confirmed the cause of the explosion. <br /><br />A police spokesman said it appeared to have been caused by a suicide bomber on foot but police were also investigating whether it was a bomb planted earlier.<br /><br />The street in the Wazir Akbar Khan area of the city is close to several foreign embassies, as well as an office and guesthouse of the ministry of defence.<br /><br />The blast follows a series of attacks in or around Kabul this month, including one on a Shi’ite mosque in the city that killed more than 50 people and a separate attack on an army training facility that killed at least 15 soldiers.<br />
