Two US bombs hit a warehouse operated by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the centre of the Afghan capital today, prompting a furious reaction from officials who said it was clearly a civilian facility.
One Afghan member of staff was seriously injured in the attack, the ICRC said.
Rescue workers and Afghan ICRC employees raced to try to put out the blaze with fire extinguishers, but at least 35 percent of the food and other equipment stored at the facility were destroyed, witnesses and officials said.
"It is definitely a civilian target. In addition to that, it is a clearly marked ICRC warehouse," said Mr Robert Moni, head of the ICRC delegation in Kabul and now evacuated to Pakistan.
"It is marked on the top with a red cross. People should take all necessary measures to avoid such things," he said.
All aid agencies withdrew their international staff after the ruling Taliban said they could no longer guarantee their security in the face of attacks by US warplanes.