Kabul suicide bombing kills two Russian embassy workers

“An unidentified militant set off an explosive device. As a result of the attack, two members of the diplomatic mission were killed,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that “Afghan civilians also suffered casualties.” , did not disclose details.

A Kabul police spokesman said explosives were detonated in the crowd after the attackers were identified and shot by Afghan security forces near the Russian embassy.

“At about 11 am local time today, a suicide bomber planning to detonate explosives in the crowd was identified and shot by security forces near the Russian Embassy in Kabul’s 7th Police District. As a result, his explosives went off,” police spokesman Khalid Zadran said on Twitter.

No liability claims yet.

Taliban fighters (C) stand guard along a road near the Russian embassy after Monday's attack.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said additional Taliban forces were brought in to secure the embassy in the Afghan capital.

“Two comrades died. “Afghan intelligence and counterintelligence services are involved,” he added.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the attack “unacceptable”.

“This is a terrorist attack and is absolutely unacceptable. We strongly condemn such terrorist acts. Of course, the main thing now is to obtain information about what happened to the diplomats As far as I understand, the information will be updated,” Peskov said at a briefing on Monday.

Source: www.cnn.com

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