Kabul blast: Indian envoy says its intensity was the same as 2008 blast

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 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 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 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 - A large explosion was reportedly heard outside the Indian embassy here on Thursday. According to BBC reports, casualties are feared in an explosion.

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.

September 17th, 2009 Italy Defense Ministry: 6 dead in Afghan blastROME — The Italian Defense Ministry says that six people have died in a blast in the Afghan capital, Kabul. The ministry said it was not clear whether the victims from Thursday's explosion were Italian, but news reports said the blast hit two Italian military vehicles.

August 15th, 2009 KABUL - At least three people were killed and 70 wounded in a suicide car bomb blast outside the NATO headquarters here on Saturday. The blast comes just five days before presidential elections and against a backdrop of increased violence by the Taliban.

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.

July 9th, 2009 KABUL — An Interior Ministry spokesman says the massive blast in central Afghanistan has killed 25 people, including 21 civilians and four policemen. Zemerai Bashary says the powerful blast also destroyed nearby shops lining the road in the central Logar province.

June 14th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least eight people were killed and 24 injured in a blast Sunday in Pakistan's militancy-hit North West Frontier Province, Geo TV reported. The blast in Tijarat Ganj Market area of Dera Ismail Khan was of high intensity and it damaged a number of shops besides vehicles parked near the blast site, the report said, citing police sources.

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.

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 five employees, including an Indian national, 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 incident occurred at 8.30 a.m.