Militants fighting the Afghan government have been stepping up attacks on the administration through deadly suicide attacks and roadside bombings to destabilize the administration and discredit it.
Staff of the Indian embassy make their way through the wreckages after a suicide car bomb attack in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, July 7, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)
In the latest wave of violence, the militia targeted the Indian embassy with an explosive-laden car Monday morning, killing and injuring more than 100 people.
A suicide bomber followed one car belonging to the Indian embassy and detonated his explosives-laden vehicle at some 8:30 a.m. (0400 GMT) near the embassy gate, where many people were queuing to receive visas, defense ministry spokesman Zahir Azimi said. The blast occurred during rush-hour near a main road, causing damage to nearby compound walls and roadside shops.
A witness, named Saleem Sayed, whose office is near the Indian embassy told Xinhua that fortifications had been built three days ago in front of the embassy gate as rumors said that the Indian embassy received explosion threats.
The wounded man, who came out from the explosion site, still bleeding, shouted desperately at the crowd, "My sister is killed, what are the government and foreign troops doing in Afghanistan. They can barely secure the capital, secure the lives of civilians."
In the deadliest attacks in the Afghan capital over the past couple of years, more than 100 people have been confirmed dead and injured, according to a statement of the Interior Ministry
