KABUL May 18 (Reuters) - A loud explosion was heard near the Afghan parliament in Kabul on Tuesday, police said.
"There has been an explosion near the parliament but we have no more details," Abdul Ghafar Sayedzada, head of criminal investigations for the police in Kabul, told Reuters.
An increasingly resurgent Taliban has announced a spring offensive in May against government officials and foreign diplomats.
President Hamid Karzai was due on Tuesday to give a news conference in the presidential palace, his first since returning from Washington where he met U.S. President Barack Obama to discuss strained ties between the two countries.
