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Explosions rock Kabul;
Washington denies involvement

US officials said explosions in the Afghan capital were not part of a retaliatory strike similar to the cruise missile attacks on alleged international terrorist Osama bin Laden's terrorist camps in Afghanistan in 1998.

Some reports said planes, possibly of the opposition Northern Alliance, had fired at an ammunition dump, which was burning. The anti-Taleban opposition forces later claimed responsibility.

AFP said seven or eight large explosions were followed by what sounded like anti-aircraft fire and Taleban militia jets taking off from the main airport in Kabul on Wednesday.

Flames could be seen over the low rise skyline as multiple explosions and gunfire echoed around the war-ravaged city.

A US Senator, Orrin Hatch, had on Tuesday said he had information about Laden masterminding the multiple attacks on the US.

An unnamed US official also blamed Laden, who has been living as a 'guest' of the Taleban militia in Afghanistan, for Tuesday's attack.

Bin Laden is accused of masterminding the twin bombings of US embassies in east Africa in 1998 that killed 224 people.

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