Blast near Indian embassy in Kabul

October 8th, 2009 KABUL - No Indians had been killed in the suicide blast outside the Indian embassy here Thursday morning but some had been injured, Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan Jayant Prasad said. He described the explosion as being "of the same intensity" as the July 7, 2008 bombing in which 44 people, including two Indian diplomats, had been killed.

October 8th, 2009 KABUL - India's Ambassador to Afghanistan Jayant Prasad on Thursday said this morning's blast outside the Indian embassy was of the same intensity as the blast that took place in the same area in July 2008. Ambassador Prasad also confirmed that as of now no embassy staff had been injured and that some walls of the embassy complex had been severely damaged.

October 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI -The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday confirmed news of an explosion taking place outside the heavily fortified walls of the Indian Embassy in Kabul. A spokesman of the ministry said that the blast took place at 8.27 a.m., and added that the walls of the complex had sustained some damage.

October 8th, 2009 Large blast strikes in center of Afghan capitalKABUL — A powerful explosion rocked the center of Afghanistan's capital early Thursday near the Interior Ministry and the Indian Embassy, where dozens of civilians were killed in an attack last year. An Associated Press reporter at the scene saw at least six people being loaded into the ambulances.

October 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI/KABUL -An Indian Embassy official speaking on the condition of anonymity told ANI over phone that all embassy staff were safe and that only one Afghan policeman had been killed in a bomb explosion that took place outside the embassy premises on Thursday morning. He also confirmed that four others had been injured.

October 7th, 2009 KABUL - At least three people were killed in a suicide bombing near the Indian embassy in the Afghan capital Thursday morning. The explosion occurred on the road on which the India embassy and the Afghan interior ministry is located.

September 17th, 2009 Explosion rocks Afghan capital near US EmbassyKABUL — A large blast shook a road near the U.S. Embassy and an American military base in Afghanistan's capital on Thursday, killing at least two people.

September 17th, 2009 LONDON - At least six persons have died and 38 injured in a bomb attack on Thursday in the centre of Kabul amid rising tension in Afghanistan. The blast occurred near the U.S embassy.

August 15th, 2009 KABUL - A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle Saturday near the NATO military headquarters in Kabul, killing three Afghans and wounding more than 60 people, a defence ministry spokesman said. The blast occurred near the gate of the International Security Assistance Force in the neighbourhood where the presidential palace and US embassy are also located.

August 15th, 2009 KABUL - A large explosion rocked Kabul Saturday causing numerous casualties near the headquarters of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force and in the neighbourhood where the presidential palace and the US embassy are located. Local Tolo television reported 60 people were killed and injured, including foreign nationals.

August 15th, 2009 Huge blast rocks Afghan capitalKABUL — A huge blast has echoed through the Afghan capital. A plume of smoke was rising Saturday morning in the direction of the U.S.

February 3rd, 2009 KABUL - At least five employees of an Indian company, an Indian included, were injured Wednesday morning when a remote-controlled bomb went off in eastern Afghanistan, the authorities said. Dawurat Khan Qayumi, an Afghan official, said the incident occurred at 8.30 a.m.

February 3rd, 2009 KABUL - At least four employees of an Indian company were injured Wednesday morning in a remote-controlled bomb blast in Ismael Khil district in the eastern Afghan province of Khost, said an official. Dawurat Khan Qayumi, the district chief, said that the blast occurred at 8.30 a.m.

January 16th, 2009 KABUL - A blast believed to have been triggered by a suicide bomber wounded at least seven Afghans near the German embassy in Kabul Saturday, officials said. The attack took place in the front the embassy building, which is across from a US military base and some 200 metres from the presidential palace, officials said.

January 16th, 2009 KABUL - A blast believed to have been triggered by a suicide bomber wounded at least seven Afghans and four US soldiers near the German embassy in Kabul Saturday, officials said. The attack took place in the front the embassy, which is across from a US military base and some 200 metres from the presidential palace, officials said.