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6 killed in Afghan attack on UK embassy vehicle
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A SUICIDE bomber rammed his explosives-packed car into a British embassy vehicle in Kabul yesterday, killing one Briton and five Afghans in the latest attack to highlight fragile security as NATO troops withdraw.
A British security contractor and an Afghan employee of the embassy died in the blast, which hit their vehicle on a stretch of road notorious for suicide attacks.
At least four Afghan bystanders were also killed, and more than 30 others were injured.
“I am deeply saddened to confirm that a British national civilian security team member and an Afghan national working for the embassy were killed,” British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said.
“I condemn this appalling attack on innocent civilians supporting our diplomatic activity.”
A second British contractor with the G4S firm was injured in the bombing, which threw the 4x4 vehicle onto its side.
The roof was blown off and car parts scattered across the Jalalabad road, a main route where many fortified foreign compounds and military facilities are located.
At least seven blasts have hit Kabul over the last 10 days, including attacks on foreign compounds and on a female Afghan MP who was injured in a suicide bombing.
The Taliban said they were behind yesterday’s blast in a message on a recognized Twitter account.
The attack — three days after two US soldiers were killed in another bombing in Kabul — comes as US-led NATO forces prepare to end their 13-year combat mission against the Taliban next month.
Afghanistan suffered its deadliest attack of 2014 on Sunday when a suicide bomber struck at a volleyball match in the eastern province of Paktika, killing 57 people.
Fears are growing that Afghanistan could tip into a cycle of violence as the NATO military presence declines.
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