KABUL, Afghanistan, Shawwal 25, 1436, Aug 10, 2015, SPA -- An explosion near Kabul's international airport appears to have been caused by a suicide car bomb, AP cited an Afghan official as saying. Gen. Gul Agha Rohani, Kabul's deputy police chief, said he was told a suicide car bomber had struck the front gate of the airport and was on his way to the scene. A huge plume of black smoke rose above the city after the explosion was heard around noon on Monday. --SPA 11:32 LOCAL TIME 08:32 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w