Explosions heard hours after the Kabul bombing... "It turns out that the CIA base was blown up"

The explosion sound heard hours after a suicide bombing near Kabul Airport in Afghanistan on the 26th local time was found to have been caused by the US military bombing the Central Intelligence Agency base.

According to the New York Times (NYT), US officials confirmed that the explosion heard throughout Kabul at the time was caused by the bombing of a CIA base located outside the airport.

Called 'Eagle Base', this is a converted old brick factory and has been used by the United States since the early days of the Afghan War until recently.

It is said that local Afghans knew little about 'Eagle Bass'.

The US military reportedly blew up the base to prevent US equipment and intelligence from falling into the hands of the Taliban.