In one area of western Kabul, where four small bombs exploded in the early morning, few people ventured out early.
The fear of outside attack first chilled the Capitol in November 1983, when a bomb placed near the Senate chamber exploded in the night.
Augustinian delay Violent times Unhappy holidays Court closures ReprintsMeanwhile in Amiens, a sleepy city in France's north that suffers from high unemployment, violence exploded in the night of August 13th.
The younger Mr. Hakim said that his father, who is 70, suffered minor neck wounds and that six other people were been wpunded when the bomb exploded in the early afternoon.
The disturbance began when a homemade bomb exploded in the afternoon outside a Catholic house in Ardoyne, a Catholic enclave in the mostly Protestant northern area of the city.
KABUL (Reuters) - A powerful bomb hidden in a sewage tanker exploded in the morning rush hour in the center of the Afghan capital on Wednesday, police said, killing at least 80 people, wounding hundreds and damaging embassy buildings.
The final tableau of streamers, flags, and fireworks exploding in the evening sky above the Obamas and the Bidens and the rest of us was impeccable.
Mr. Winston, who said he had been covering the protests since police moved in to clear an encampment from in front of City Hall early Tuesday morning, said that he had seen a "couple M-80s" explode in the morning, but added: "There were absolutely no firecrackers there last night".
The first car bomb in Reyhanli exploded in the early afternoon beside a government building.
