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Blast in Kabul outside Indian embassy





October 8th, 2009. At least 12 people have been killed and more than 80
injured in a car bomb explosion in the Afghan capital, Kabul. The blast occurred near the interior ministry office and the Indian embassy.

Indian embassy is in the center of Kabul on a shop-lined street across from the Interior Ministry and several other government buildings. The blast damaged a security checkpoint outside the the embassy. As per information available there is no casualties on the Indian side.

According to officialsit was a suicide attack. Eyewitnesses reported glass and debris scattered in the street and a plume of smoke rising above the area.

The bomb went off at about 8:30 a.m. (4:00 a.m. GMT), just as offices and shops were opening for the day.