41 Killed at Indian Embassy in Kabul

I wonder if the bombing has anything to do with the land transfer to a Hindu shrine in Kashmir. National Post

KABUL (Reuters) - A Taliban suicide car bomb hit the Indian Embassy in Kabul on Monday, killing 41 people and wounding 141, in an attack Afghan authorities said was coordinated with foreign agents in the region, a likely reference to Pakistan.

Afghanistan has accused Pakistani agents of being behind a number of attacks in recent weeks and Afghan President Hamid Karzai last month threatened to send troops across the border to attack militants there if Pakistan does not take action.

The bomber rammed his car into the embassy just as two diplomatic vehicles were entering the compound.

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"The target was the diplomatic vehicles. They were trying to get inside the embassy when the suicide car bomber attacked them," he said.

India's military attache was killed, the Indian Defense Ministry said. Two vehicles were destroyed, the embassy gates blown off and buildings inside the compound were badly damaged by the force of the blast, an Indian diplomat said.

"The Interior Ministry believes this attack was carried out in coordination and consultation with an active intelligence service in the region," the Afghan Interior Ministry said.

A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack.