Car bomb kills 15, wounds 20 outside Indian Embassy in Kabul

By RIA Novosti,

Kabul : A car bomb went off outside the Indian Embassy in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Monday killing 15 people and wounding over 20, a source in the country’s interior ministry said.

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Police say the blast was a suicide attack. No terrorist group has yet claimed responsibility.

The Indian Embassy is located opposite the Interior Ministry, but the explosion went off to the side of the building, where people were queuing to receive Indian visas.

Extremist Islamic group the Taliban has vowed to step up terrorist attacks in the country. More than 6,000 people were killed in violence in Afghanistan during 2007, nearly 2,000 of them civilians, according to official sources.