At least eight die in Afghan capital suicide bombing
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
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At least eight people have died in the Afghan capital Kabul after a suicide bombing hit the Wazir Akbar Khan diplomatic and governmental residential district, according to officials.
The car bomb exploded this morning outside the Heetal Hotel shortly before the start of a three-day conference on corruption in the capital, killing at least eight. President Hamid Karzai said that the dead included two bodyguards of former vice-president Ahmad Zia Massoud. The former vice-president's house was damaged, and police suspect that he may have been the intended target of the attack.
Kabul has suffered many attacks in recent months. Last month, a rocket strike near a hotel in the capital injured four people, and another car bomb attack outside a NATO base injured six.
[edit] Related news
- "Rocket strike near hotel in Afghan capital injures four" — Wikinews, November 21, 2009
[edit] Sources
- "Kabul suicide bomber kills at least eight people" — BBC News Online, December 15, 2009
- Reuters. "Large explosion rocks central Kabul's diplomatic district" — France 24, December 15, 2009
