Kabul bomb attack on US embassy
Written by Egypt News Thursday, 27 November 2008 A suspected suicide bomber has struck close to the entrance to the
US embassy in Kabul,
Afghanistan, witnesses and police say
At least one person, reportedly a civilian, was killed, although one police official said more had died.
Reports said the bomber detonated explosives about 200m from the heavily guarded entrance to the
US compound.
Security in
Afghanistan has become a key concern as the country faces an increasingly strong
Taleban insurgency.
Kabul's police chief,
Mohammad Ayoub Salangi, said one person had been killed and six injured.
However, the city's head of criminal investigations told reporters that four had died in the bombing.
The Associated Press said the
US embassy was hosting a
Thanksgiving Day event, and
Americans and others foreigners were entering the compound at the time of
the explosion.
EGYPT NEWS
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