May 26, 2024 07:59 (IST)
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Kabul, Nov 27 (IBNS) At least five people were killed as a suicide bomber targeted a convoy of British Embassy cars east of Kabul City in Afghanistan on Thursday, media reports said.
The deceased included four Afghan civilians and a British diplomat.
The attack left more than 37 people injured, reports said.
Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai was quoted as saying to Pajhwok Afghan News that at least one British diplomat was killed in the large explosion that damaged a convoy of foreign embassy cars on the Kabul-Jalalabad road.
"We can confirm that a British embassy vehicle has been attacked in Kabul. A number of staff have been injured," a British foreign office spokeswoman was quoted as telling to the news agency.
The Taliban has claimed responsibility of the attack.
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