According to the initial report announced by the Russian media, which indicates that among the victims of two Russian citizens, on Monday, September 5, 2022, a bomb exploded near the Russian embassy in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, killing and injuring 25 people. became
Riya news agency quoted the Russian Foreign Ministry as reporting that two Russian citizens, a diplomat and a security guard were killed in an explosion near the Russian Embassy in Kabul on Monday morning.
Afghan police also announced earlier that a suicide bomber detonated explosives near the entrance of the Russian embassy in Kabul, adding that the attacker was killed by armed guards as he approached the gate.
A suicide bomber detonated explosives near the entrance of the building #Russian Embassy that in #Kabul. The attacker was killed by armed guards as he approached the gate, police confirmed. “There is no information of further consequence”: police.#Afghanistan #Cable attack #Explosion pic.twitter.com/K2LxHGGr0T
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Molvi Saber, the commander of the police district where the attack took place, told Reuters: “The guards of the Russian Embassy (Taliban) identified the suicide bomber before he reached the target and shot him.
It should be noted that Russia is one of the few countries that has kept its embassy in Kabul after the Taliban took over the country more than a year ago. Although Moscow does not officially recognize the Taliban government, they are negotiating with the authorities on an agreement to supply gasoline and other goods.
This is the second incident in less than a week in which a mosque explosion in Afghanistan killed at least 18 people, including a prominent cleric, during Friday prayers at the “Jozergah” mosque in the west of the city. Herat
According to the Associated News, Anatolia news agency quoted Mohammad Daoud Mohammadi, an official of the ambulance center in Herat, as saying that “ambulances transported 18 dead bodies and 21 wounded in this explosion to Herat hospitals.”
While the Reuters news agency quoted Abdul Nafe Thakur, the spokesman of the Ministry of Interior of Afghanistan, as saying that the explosion occurred outside the mosque and “the number of dead has reached 18 people and 23 people have been injured.”
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