Moscow:
A bomb attack slightly wounded Russian embassy employees in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, Russian’s foreign affairs ministry mentioned in a statement.
An improvised explosive device exploded not far from the embassy as one particular of their vehicles was driving previous, it mentioned. Several embassy employees on board have been slightly hurt.
An initial assessment suggests the attack had been intended for the Afghan safety forces, the statement continued. But they had not ruled out that embassy employees have been in truth the target, and the embassy was tightening its safety.
The ministry also referred to as on the Afghan authorities to take actions to make certain the security of the Russian embassy employees there.
Violence has also surged in Kabul in current weeks, with extra than 50 men and women killed in two assaults on educational centres and a rocket attack.
And a suicide automobile bomb attack Sunday killed at least 30 safety personnel at an army base on the outskirts of Ghazni city, capital of the eastern province of Ghazni, one particular of the deadliest attacks targeting government forces in months.
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