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KABUL, Afghanistan — At least five people were killed when a suicide bomber attacked a British Embassy vehicle in Kabul on Thursday morning, the latest blast in an escalating bombing campaign in Afghanistan’s capital, the authorities said. | |
Hashmatullah Stanikzai, a spokesman for the Kabul police, said that four Afghans and a Briton had been killed, and that 33 people had been wounded, including four children. British Embassy personnel were among the wounded, a spokesman for the embassy said. | |
Rohullah, a senior police official in the district where the attack occurred, who like many Afghans uses only one name, said the bomber was in a car laden with explosives, which he detonated near the embassy vehicle. | |
Zareef Khan, a shopkeeper near the scene of the attack, said that he saw many children among the wounded. “All I could see were the dead and wounded showered in their blood, shouting and asking for help,” he said. | Zareef Khan, a shopkeeper near the scene of the attack, said that he saw many children among the wounded. “All I could see were the dead and wounded showered in their blood, shouting and asking for help,” he said. |
The attack was the latest in a series of bombings in Kabul over the past few weeks. On Monday, a bomb hidden in the median strip of a road was detonated as a convoy of coalition soldiers passed, leaving two dead. The Kabul police chief and a prominent women’s rights leader were also targeted in recent attacks, but both survived. | The attack was the latest in a series of bombings in Kabul over the past few weeks. On Monday, a bomb hidden in the median strip of a road was detonated as a convoy of coalition soldiers passed, leaving two dead. The Kabul police chief and a prominent women’s rights leader were also targeted in recent attacks, but both survived. |