Sunday, January 30, 2011

Afghanistan: Many dead in suicide attack in Kabul

The suicide bomber fired first round, then he blew himself up in the air: The attack in the Afghan capital Kabul killed at least nine people - including a child and three women. Kabul - The bomber struck in the middle to secure the hard diplomatic quarter of the Afghan capital of Kabul. He opened a supermarket in the first fire, then he blew himself up in the air.

At least nine people were killed. Police spokesman Haschmat Staniksai, said that among the victims were three foreign women. Their nationality was unclear. According to initial findings of the Foreign Office no Germans were involved. The chief investigator of the Kabul criminal investigation, Mohammad Zahir, said that a six year old child had been killed.

Most victims are women. The supermarket "Finest" is in the district Wasir Akbar Khan, and is regularly frequented by foreigners. In the district of the city, most foreign embassies their headquarters, the supermarket is near the German and the British Embassy. The Health Ministry said 13 people were injured in the blast.

President Hamid Karzai condemned the suicide attack. The Taliban and the radical Islamic Hizb-e-Islami of former prime minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (HIG) is separately accused of the deed. HIG A spokesman said a suicide bomber in the northern Afghan Mazar-i-Sharif had committed the attack, the aliens have been considered.

A Taliban spokesman said, however, the bomber was from Kabul. The aim of the regional head of the private American security firm had been XE Services, formerly Blackwater Worldwide said. The attackers had first opened fire on the man and then detonated his explosives. A witness named Abdul Ghani said he had shots and then heard an explosion.

Earlier this month, was in an attack in Kabul, a policeman was killed. The previous month had two suicide bombers in Kabul, a military bus attacked and killed five soldiers. Compared with previous years it is still remained relatively high in the Afghan capital in recent months.

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