KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — A suicide bomber hit a minibus carrying foreign security guards and caused several casualties early Monday in Kabul along the main road to the eastern city of Jalalabad, police said. The attacker was on foot, according to police, who refused to give a toll but said there were “multiple casualties” among the bus passengers who were “employees of a foreign compound”. The bus was carrying Nepalese guards, according to an AFP […]
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Explosion hits minibus in Kabul: police
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — An explosion hit a minibus in Kabul early Monday on the main road to the eastern city of Jalalabad, police said. There were fears of numerous casualties with more than two dozen ambulances at the scene, according to an AFP journalist. 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
Afghan forces battle gunmen after blast near Pakistani consulate
Afghan security forces exchanged fire with gunmen barricaded in a house near the Pakistan consulate in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Wednesday (January 13) after a suicide bomber blew himself up, officials said. At least six people were killed and 11 wounded in the suicide attack and subsequent fighting, they said. The attack on the consulate, which comes amid efforts to restart the stalled peace process with the Taliban and ease diplomatic tensions between […]
