Indian embassy blast kills 17 in Afghan capital

Reuters 10/08/2009 02:40

KABUL (Reuters) - A large bomb exploded outside the Indian embassy in central Kabul on Thursday, killing 17 people and wounding 76, in the latest of a series of militant attacks on diplomatic and government buildings in the capital.

(...) Thursday's blast tore through a market building across the street from the heavily fortified Indian embassy compound, leaving rubble and debris strewn across the road, where the Afghan Interior Ministry is also located.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing saying the target had been the embassy. It was the second big attack on the Indian mission in 15 months.

India said that all its embassy staff were safe.

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