Kabul Suicide Bombing
July 7, 2008: A deadly bombing in the Afghan capital of Kabul killed more than 40 people. Reports said a suicide car bomb went off near the Indian Embassy.1
Fast Facts
- At least 40 people dead; 140 injured2
- Indian Defense Attache, Brigadier R. Mehta, killed in the blast3
- Bomb detonated near the entrance gate of the Indian Embassy2
- Suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into two Indian diplomatic vehicles outside embassy gates2
- U.S. has condemned the bombing as a "needless act of violence"4
- Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the bombing was "the work of the enemies of Afghanistan's friendship with India"1
- No immediate claim of responsibility5
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