Indian embassy staff remove the body of a victim from car wreckage
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| Afghanistan |
| Suicide bomber kills 41 at Indian embassy in Kabul, 141 injured |
| 2008-07-07 |
| 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. The embassy is near the Afghan Interior Ministry, the scene of a huge blast last year. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. The Taliban has threatened to escalate a campaign of suicide bombings in an attempt to topple the government and challenge the presence of some 60,000 foreign troops in Afghanistan, including 34,000 Americans. Witnesses said the blast on Monday left two Indian Embassy vehicles wrecked, but the Afghan authorities, quoted by The Associated Press, said the Indian ambassador was not at the mission when the bomber attacked. Hospital staff in Kabul said the dead included two Indian citizens, and news reports from New Delhi said two Indian security guards had been killed. The Afghan Interior Ministry said no senior embassy personnel were among the dead, who included women and three children. The blast seemed to have torn through passers-by close to a nearby market area and people queuing for visas at the embassy. Haji Khial Mohammad, 45, who was in line to apply for an Indian visa, said a 'vehicle came and hit the embassy gate. I was shocked and could not hear anything after the attack. But I saw at least 10 men and three women in the queue who were probably killed.' Mohammad Ajmal, 26 a shopkeeper in the market adjacent to the embassy said, 'After a very loud explosion, I could barely could stand up' after goods from his shelves spilled over him. Reuters reported that U.S. troops were among the security forces who arrived after the blast and cordoned off the area. India is seen as an ally of the Afghan government and is financing major development projects.. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #14 motie crazy eddie? one of my favorite books... |
| Posted by: Abu do you love 2008-07-07 21:16 |
| #13 This is sorta like the Shah of Khwarezmia who refused to make repayments for the looting of a Mongol caravan and murder of its members. Genghis Khan then sent again a second group of ambassadors to meet the Shah himself. The Shah had all the men shaved and all but one beheaded. It's not wise to piss off people known not to avoid a fight. Let's say, it didn't end well for the Shah or what remained of the population of Khwarezmia. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-07-07 20:16 |
| #12 Killing people from India, in Afghanistan. Hmm. Cuo bono? Pakis/ISI. Pretty simple. Savages. We must seriously plan how to force supplies through a HOSTILE Pakiland - because sooner or later we will have to fight them if they continue on this path of Islamofascist meddling in the region. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-07-07 20:01 |
| #11 mottie, islam - 1/2 dozen or 6 |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-07-07 18:32 |
| #10 #8 Human crazy eddie or motie crazy eddie? Posted by: Abdominal Snowman Sounds more like islamic crazy eddie, AS. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-07-07 16:05 |
| #9 RE: ISI, taliban, al-Qaeda God Damn their eyes... |
| Posted by: RD 2008-07-07 15:38 |
| #8 Human crazy eddie or motie crazy eddie? |
| Posted by: Abdominal Snowman 2008-07-07 14:44 |
| #7 ISI going crazy eddie? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2008-07-07 12:05 |
| #6 Indian embassy staff remove the body of a victim from car wreckage |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-07-07 11:43 |
| #5 Yikes. Sounds like the Indian-Pakistani proxy war is in full roar now. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2008-07-07 10:14 |
| #4 It's July 7th - Total US military deaths in Iraq this month - 1, from non-combat causes. Ergo -(love using "ergo") total US military combat deaths in Iraq this month equal those in Germany and Japan combined. Just sayin. |
| Posted by: Fester Uleth5754 2008-07-07 10:10 |
| #3 President Hamid Karzai condemned the bombing and said it was carried out by militants trying to rupture the friendship between Afghanistan and India. The Interior Ministry, meanwhile, hinted that the attack was carried out with help from Pakistan's intelligence service, saying that "terrorists have carried out this attack in coordination and consultation with some of the active intelligence circles in the region." In Delhi, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs said the attack would not deter the mission from "fulfilling our commitments to the government and people of Afghanistan." |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-07-07 08:53 |
| #2 Four Indians among forty-one people were killed in a suicide blast near the Indian embassy in Kabul on Monday. The suicide bomber exploded two embassy vehicles as they were entering the premises, sources said, the intensity of the blast blowing off the gates of the embassy. Some buildings inside were also damaged in the blast. Four Indian nationals were killed the suicide attack, Indian Ambassador Jayan Prasad said. Defence Attache Brigadier R D Mehta and Counsellor Venkateswara Rao were killed when the suicide bomber targeted the embassy early on Monday morning, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters in Delhi. The two other two Indians killed in the attack were identified as Indo Tibetan Border Police personnel Ajai Rathore and Roop Singh. A fifth employee of the Indian Embassy Niamutullah, killed in the blast, was a local Afghan. |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-07-07 08:45 |
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| Posted by: john frum 2008-07-07 08:43 |