Although suicide bombings against foreign embassies and other international institutions have decreased since the Taliban took control, the anti-Taliban ISIS-K group has continued to carry them out. Now, a suicide blast at the Russian embassy in Kabul has killed two diplomats.
On Monday, an unidentified militant launched a suicide attack on Russia's embassy in Kabul, killing two diplomats and injuring several others, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.
"At 10:50 am Kabul time on Sept. 5, an unidentified militant set off an explosive device in the immediate vicinity of the entrance to the consular section of the Russian embassy in Kabul," an official ministry statement said.
"As a result of the attack, two employees of the diplomatic mission were killed, and there are also Afghan citizens among the wounded."
Dmitry Peskov, a spokesperson for the Kremlin, denounced the "terrorist act" which curiously occurred just after the first anniversary of the Taliban taking ...
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