KABUL, July 7: Forty people have been reported killed in a suicide car bomb that ripped the front wall of the Indian Embassy here. Associated Press (AP) quoting Najib Nikzad, an Interior Ministry spokesman, said the blast killed 40 people. The Interior Ministry said six police officers and three embassy guards were among those killed.
In Delhi, India’s foreign minister said four Indians, including the military attache, were killed in the attack.
The AP report further said: “The Interior Ministry, meanwhile, hinted that the attack was carried out with help from Pakistan’s intelligence service, saying that “terrorists have carried out this attack in coordination and consultation with some of the active intelligence circles in the region.”
In Delhi, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs said the attack would not deter the mission from “fulfilling our commitments to the government and people of Afghanistan.” The Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, said Pakistan condemned the attack and terrorism in all forms.”
