Suicide car bomb hits Indian Embassy in Afghanistan

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Suicide car bomb hits Indian Embassy in Afghanistan
07 Jul 2008 04:58:37 GMT

KABUL, July 7 (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb
struck the Indian Embassy in the Afghan capital
on Monday, killing or wounding at least 15 people,
officials and Afghan media said.

Taliban insurgents have vowed to step up their
campaign of suicide bombings this year to overthrow
the pro-Western Afghan government and drive out
foreign forces.

The Indian Embassy is directly opposite the Interior
Ministry, but the bomber struck the embassy side of
the street where dozens of people were waiting in
line for visas.

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Some 15 people were either killed or wounded, the
private Tolo TV station said. It also quoted an
emergency hospital as saying 20 people had been
taken there with injuries.

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Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL164025.htm

[Eugene]

1. NYT: Suicide Bomber Kills 40 in Afghan Capital

Source: New York Times

Suicide Bomber Kills 40 in Afghan Capital

By ABDUL WAHEED WAFA and ALAN COWELL
Published: July 8, 2008

KABUL, Afghanistan — - In a massive explosion Monday
that reverberated around the city, a suicide bomber
killed at least 40 people and injured 140 close to
the Indian Embassy in the Afghan capital, the Interior
Ministry said. The dead included six Afghan policemen.

While Afghan cities are no stranger to suicide attacks,
Monday’s assault ranked among the deadliest in Kabul
itself.

The bomber rammed a car into two Indian diplomatic
vehicles as they entered the gates of the embassy,
witnesses reported from the scene. They said the blast
wrecked several other cars and spread human body parts
and bloodstained scraps of clothing amid the debris.

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Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/08/world/asia/08afghanistan.html?hp

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. such a tragedy that we have taken our eye of the taliban and created

a great breeding ground for them in iraq.

[thewiseguy]

3. Seems to me that we are winning in Afghanistan!

[varun]

4. Things are going swimmingly in Afghanistan - Ann Coulter

Maybe she should go visit.