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In New Delhi, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted that all Indian embassy staffers were safe.
A powerful blast today ripped through Kabul's high-security diplomatic enclave killing scores of people and causing some damage to the Indian embassy building but all staffers at the mission were safe.
The explosion was so powerful that it smashed windows of the buildings nearby and a huge plume of smoke could be seen spiralling over the area near the presidential palace and other foreign embassies in the Afghan capital.
In New Delhi, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted that all Indian embassy staffers were safe.
The Indian envoy in Kabul, Manpreet Vohra, said the bomb went off around 100 metres from the embassy.
"We are all safe, all our staff, all our personnel are safe. However, the blast was very large and nearby buildings including our own building have considerable damage in terms of broken glass and shattered windows and blown doors etc," he said.
Official sources at the Ministry of External Affairs said the explosion caused some damage to the embassy building, but all employees were safe.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in Spain as part of his visit to Europe, condemned the attack.
He said India stands with Afghanistan in fighting all forms of terrorism. "We strongly condemn the terrorist blast in Kabul. Our thoughts are with the families of the deceased & prayers with the injured," he tweeted.
In another tweet, Modi said, "Forces supporting terrorism need to be defeated."
The massive explosion close to the German embassy in Kabul during the morning rush hour killed more than 80 people, news reports said.
It was not immediately clear what was the target.
An eyewitness told the local Pajwok news agency that the blast took place close to the German embassy and foreign forces camp. It cited another source as saying the explosion happened in front of the office of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), Afghanistan's primary intelligence agency.
Houses hundreds of metres away from the blast site were damaged and windows and doors blown off their hinges. Bodies and injured people were seen in the area. Some women were seen screaming for the lost relatives at the site of explosion.
The attack came as the Taliban steps up their annual "spring offensive".
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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