Fire destroys market in Kabul

A huge fire swept through a market in downtown Kabul yesterday, destroying hundreds of shops and forcing the city's nearby money exchange to evacuate, police and witnesses said.
There were no reports of any casualties in the early morning blaze which destroyed most of the cloth market's 500 shops, Kabul fire department officials told AFP.
A fire department official speaking on condition of anonymity said an electrical short circuit was the most likely cause of the fire, which was so severe that Nato and Afghan army fire squads were called in to help.