Horrifying footage from T20 cricket blast: At least 19 killed

At least 19 people are believed to have died in a reported suicide attack at a cricket match in Kabul.

The T20 competition in the country's Shpageeza League was held at the Kabul International Cricket Stadium on Friday afternoon, with the explosion said to have occurred around 16pm.

Local media said four people were injured and none were killed.

But the Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres, on Twitter condemned the terrorist explosion, "which took the lives of at least 19 civilians and caused other victims".

"Attacks against civilians and civilian objects are strictly prohibited under international humanitarian law."

Taliban spokesman Khalid Zadran told Reuters earlier in the day: "The match was stopped for a while."

"After cleaning the area, the match resumed".

Afghanistan Cricket Board chief executive Nassib Khan insisted all players and match officials were safe, with four injured in the crowd.

Spectator video showed considerable disruption throughout the stadium after the bomb.

Local hospitals received "many" casualties after the explosion, according to an envoy from the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. /Telegraph/