A suicide bomber blew himself up, Friday, January 28, in a supermarket in central Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, frequented by foreigners. Eight dead, including three foreign and a child, were extracted from the rubble, police said in Kabul. The suicide bombing was claimed from the a spokesman for Taliban rebels, Zabihullah Mujahid, who was assured that employees of a private American security.
"The explosion took place in the supermarket Finest. There are deaths," said Hashmat Ullah, a spokesman for the police, but could not specify the exact number. The interior of the building, located in downtown Kabul, near many embassies, was devastated, according to a journalist from the.
"Employees and the head of Blackwater (the company today Xe), were shopping in the supermarket in Kabul when one of our men attacked them. He first opened fire on people and became explode, killing several people, including the Blackwater team, "said Zabihullah Mujahid. The police denied the presence of security officers among the dead.
Security has been strengthened significantly around the Afghan capital before the parliamentary elections in September 2010, which did not prevent the attacks. At least four people were killed and thirty others were injured in a suicide bombing in January against a bus carrying officers of the security forces.
Security in the capital is in principle to the Afghan forces, their allies who have transferred responsibility for security throughout the country by the end of 2014. Westerners are also planning to start this year to gradually withdraw their troops from the country. 
"The explosion took place in the supermarket Finest. There are deaths," said Hashmat Ullah, a spokesman for the police, but could not specify the exact number. The interior of the building, located in downtown Kabul, near many embassies, was devastated, according to a journalist from the.
"Employees and the head of Blackwater (the company today Xe), were shopping in the supermarket in Kabul when one of our men attacked them. He first opened fire on people and became explode, killing several people, including the Blackwater team, "said Zabihullah Mujahid. The police denied the presence of security officers among the dead.
Security has been strengthened significantly around the Afghan capital before the parliamentary elections in September 2010, which did not prevent the attacks. At least four people were killed and thirty others were injured in a suicide bombing in January against a bus carrying officers of the security forces.
Security in the capital is in principle to the Afghan forces, their allies who have transferred responsibility for security throughout the country by the end of 2014. Westerners are also planning to start this year to gradually withdraw their troops from the country.
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