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According to journalists, the explosion occurred when the employee of the embass...

In Kabul, a suicide bomber exploded near the Russian Embassy: two diplomats were killed (video)

According to journalists, the explosion occurred when the employee of the embassy went out to people to name the names of applicants for a visa. In the capital of Afghanistan there was an explosion at the gate of the Russian Embassy. He was arranged by the suicidever at the moment when the Russian diplomat went to the people to name the names of applicants for a visa. About it reports the Russian edition "RIA Novosti" with reference to sources.

According to journalists, 15-20 people were killed or injured as a result of the explosion. In addition, it is known that the Russian diplomat and guardian of the embassy were injured. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation officially confirmed the death of two of their diplomatic mission employees in Kabul.

For his part, Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwari wrote on Twitter that, in addition to two Russian diplomats, "many locals" could die because there was a long queue at the time of the explosion near the embodiment. According to him, there were Afghan students studying in the Russian Federation. In addition, the residents told him that the Taliban's military had blocked the diplomatic institution and did not allow anyone to shoot a video.

The Russian Embassy in Afghanistan did not comment on the explosions at the time of writing. We will remind, on August 2 it was reported that the United States was killed in Kabul a terrorist who headed "Al-Qaeda" after all Ben Laden. Amman al-Zavahiri released 2 hellfire missiles when he stood on the balcony of his home. Ben Laden's associate is involved in the organization of the terrorist attack on September 11.