Blasts rock Kabul after Obama's surprise visit
Date: 02/05/2012      Time: 12:02:00 PM
 
Two explosions hit Afghanistan's capital Kabul Wednesday morning, hours after US President Barack Obama paid a surprise visit to the city and signed a strategic partnership agreement with his Afghan counterpart. A suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into the entrance gate of logistic camp Green Village on Jalalabad Road. The explosion helped other militants enter into the complex, citing Muhammad Ayub Salangi, Kabul's city police chief, local media reported here. He said the militants were still exchanging fire with the security forces. Reports also said that there were at least two suicide blasts. The explosions killed at least eight people and wounded seventeen others. The latest series of blasts came hours after President Obama paid a brief visit to Kabul and left for an undisclosed location after signing a strategic pact with President Hamid Karzai.