A suicide attacker killed himself and wounded at least seven others, including three members of the NATO-led peacekeeping force, in a grenade attack on a busy shopping street in central Kabul on Saturday. Kabul police chief General Baba Jan said the attacker had six hand grenades strapped to his body, of which three failed to detonate.
| "Not that it mattered much to him, as it turns out." |
 "One person was killed who is believed to have been the attacker," said Lt Colonel Patrick Poulain, spokesman at the headquarters of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in the Afghan capital. The bloody corpse of the attacker lay on the sidewalk, near a damaged ISAF vehicle, Reuters eyewitnesses said. The attack happened on Chicken Street, a well-known haunt for foreigners shopping for carpets, jewelry and antiques. Poulain said seven people were wounded in the blast. One of the ISAF troops was in a serious condition, while the other two were only slightly hurt. There were no details on their nationalities. Poulain said one of the civilians wounded was believed to be a foreign woman, but added that this was unconfirmed. |