Breaking: Explosion In Kabul Near Indian Embassy **Initial Casualty Count Added**

October 7th, 2009 (2) Posted By Hardball1911.

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KABUL (AP) – A large explosion rocked the center of Afghanistan’s capital early Thursday, near the Indian Embassy and the Interior Ministry. Information on casualties was not immediately available.

Associated Press reporters heard the explosion in the morning and saw a plume of smoke rising from a site in downtown Kabul.

An AP reporter at the scene saw two sporty utility vehicles badly damaged, one of them labeled as a United Nations vehicle. The center of the blast appeared to be just outside the Indian embassy. Windows in surrounding shops were shattered.

Police officers on the site said they believed it was the work of a suicide bomber, but did not provide further details.

U.S. and NATO spokespeople said they did not yet have any information on the explosion.

The Afghan capital has been hit numerous times in recent months by suicide bombers and roadside bombs. The attacks usually target international military forces or government installations, but Afghan businesses and civilians are also often killed or injured.

In the most recent attack in mid-September, a suicide car bomber rammed into an Italian military convoy on a road leading to the airport. That blast killed six Italian soldiers and 10 Afghan civilians.

**Added**
KABUL, Oct. 8 (AP) – (Kyodo)—At least eight people were killed or wounded in a large blast in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Thursday, officials and witnesses said.

The attack happened in front of the Afghan Interior Ministry and near the Indian Embassy, according to the witnesses.

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  • mike3481

    Uh-oh, a United Nations vehicle was damaged, maybe now Obama will spring into action. :roll:

  • vincenzo4

    Getting just like Iraq, as soon as the Rules of Engagement changed, interrogation documents were released, Miranda warnings. The President gave the nod of indecisiveness; psychological warfare in the media and McChrystal is taken to the wood shed, this shit mushrooms.

    Not rocket science. Thank you Democrats, Not to worry, you’ll get a pass, just like the 1990s.