The death toll at the explosion near Kabul airport in Afghanistan, which occurred shortly after the arrival of Vice-President Abdul-Rashid Dostum, was 16, about 60 people were injured, local media reported..

The explosion occurred near the Hamid Karzai airport around 17. 00 local time after the arrival of Afghanistan's vice-president Abdul-Rashid Dostum, who fled the country because of suspicions of torture and kidnapping. Previously reported on nine dead.

As reported by Pazhvak agency, police spokesman Hasmatulla Stanikza said that the explosive device was activated by a suicide bomber. He failed to get to Dostum, and he blew it up when the Afghan special services spotted him and stopped him. No group has yet claimed responsibility for what happened.