German Embassy vehicle attacked in Kabul

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Source: International Herald-Tribune

KABUL: A suicide bomber detonated his payload of explosives in clogged traffic near a German Embassy vehicle Sunday, killing two Afghan bystanders and wounding three, the authorities said.

The road where the attack occurred passes in front of the Parliament building and is frequently traveled by convoys of government officials, foreign diplomats and security forces.

The blast perforated one side of the embassy vehicle, a white SUV, with dozens of shrapnel holes and punctured its tires, but its sole occupant, an Afghan employee of the embassy, escaped unharmed, a spokesman for the German Foreign Service said.

All the casualties were Afghan civilians, either in cars or passing by on foot, Afghan officials said.



Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/30/asia/30afghan.php

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1. recommend things are not going well there. nt