Explosion near Kabul hospital kills 3 and wounds 16

An explosion went off Tuesday at the entrance of a military hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing three people and wounding at least 16, health officials said.

City residents had reported two explosions in the area of the hospital in Kabul's 10th district, along with the sound of gunfire. 

Later Tuesday, Sayed Abdullah Ahmadi, the director of the nearby Wazir Akbar Khan hospital, said his facility had received three bodies and seven people who were injured in the blast.