Moscow: An attack near the diplomatic mission in capital city of Afghanistan, Kabul, has killed two employees of the Russian embassy and left several injured on Monday. The following statement was released by the foreign ministry in Moscow.
The ministry in its statement said that, “At about 10:50 am Kabul time on September 5, an unidentified militant, which was a suicide attacker, set off an explosive device just close to the entrance to the consular section of the Russian embassy in Kabul.”
“As a result of the attack, two employees of the diplomatic mission lost their lives immediately. While there are also Afghan citizens among the wounded.”
As per reports, the Afghan Interior Ministry stated that a suicide attacker was shot dead by Taliban guards at the Russian embassy in Kabul.
In an address released by the Afghan interior ministry spokesman, Abdul Nafy, “It was a suicide attack, but before the bomber could reach his target, he was targeted by our forces and eliminated before any further damage.”
On being asked if the target was the Russian embassy, Takor affirmed and said: “Yes”.
An Afghan civilian was killed, and several others were wounded in the attack, he said.”Without any doubt, we are talking about an act of terrorism, which is absolutely unacceptable,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov while he addressed the journalists.
Violence in Afghanistan has largely declined since the Taliban returned to power last year, but several bomb blasts — some targeting minority communities — have rocked the country in recent months, many claimed by the jihadist Islamic State (IS) group.
