Taliban: Kabul checkpoint bomb blast kills, wounds several January 01, 2023 at 02:34AM

A bomb exploded near a checkpoint at Kabul's military airport on Sunday morning killing and wounding “several” people, a Taliban official said, the first deadly blast of 2023 in Afghanistan. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. The chekpoint is on Airport Road, which leads to high-security neighbourhoods housing government ministries, foreign embassies and the presidential palace.