Tom Shaw, a researcher in Afghanistan per his bio, provided the first tweets about a major explosion in Kabul on Thursday morning. Sky News reports that a NATO official confirmed the blast. The cause was not immediately clear.

BNO News and Middle East correspondents also posted among the initial tweets on the incident, within five minutes of Shaw’s first tweets:

1. 
   tomafg Huge window-shaking blast just now in Kabul. 08 Oct 2009 from web
2. 
   tomafg Big dust-smoke cloud over the Ministry of the Interior area. Everyone’s on their phones trying to find out what’s going on. 08 Oct 2009 from web
3. 
   BreakingNews JUST IN — Major blast heard in Kabul, cause unknown. More soon. 08 Oct 2009 from BNO Headquarters
4. 
   AtiaAbawi Blast rattles central Kabul…working on details 08 Oct 2009 from web
5. 
   nickschifrin Huge blast in Kabul 08 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck
6. 
   tomafg All staff accounted for. Sirens but no news. 08 Oct 2009 from web
7. 
   tomafg Felt much stronger than the Indian embassy bomb last year. 08 Oct 2009 from web

Shaw has been in Afghanistan since May. He previously spent time studying in Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau.

@A_MANNY also posted to Twitter prior to mainstream media outlets reporting the news.

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   A_MANNY @CNN few seconds ago Bomb blast exploded near our office- Kabul…still checking any casualty. 08 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck
2. 
   A_MANNY #KABUL #AFGHANISTAN…it’s a BIG BLAST. we felt the impact here, r office building shaken, door and window glass broken.. 08 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck
3. 
   A_MANNY @Joesjane update: the blast between MOI and Embassy of India…busy hour blast happened #Kabul #Afghanistan. keep u posted 08 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck

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