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Car bomb explosion kills seven in Afghan capital

Other News Materials 13 November 2019 23:18 (UTC +04:00)
At least seven people were killed and 10 others, including four foreign nationals, wounded in Kabul
Car bomb explosion kills seven in Afghan capital

At least seven people were killed and 10 others, including four foreign nationals, wounded in Kabul on Wednesday when a van packed with explosive targeted a vehicle belonging to a foreign security company, Afghan security officials said, Trend reports citing Reuters.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the rush-hour attack, which came a day after the Afghan government agreed on a prisoner exchange with the Taliban insurgents in the hopes of reviving peace talks.

Nasrat Rahimi, a spokesman for the interior ministry, said a suicide bomber driving a van targeted an armoured vehicle that belonged to GardaWorld, a Canadian security company that saw four of its staff wounded in the attack.

“Seven Afghan civilians were killed in the explosion and 10 people, including four foreign nationals, were wounded,” Rahimi said.

He did not disclose the nationalities of the four wounded, but a senior Afghan security official said they were either Indian or Nepalese nationals and Kabul police were currently working to identify the injured.

“We can confirm that GardaWorld employees were impacted by the attack that took place in Kabul earlier,” GardaWorld said in a statement late on Wednesday. The company declined to give further information.

Officials in the foreign ministries of India and Nepal did not respond to requests for comment.

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