Press Trust of India (PTI) reported a suicide bombing today outside the Russian Embassy in Kabul which killed two members of the embassy staff and at least one civilian. The Russian Foreign Ministry statement said: “On September 5, at 10:50 am Kabul time, an unidentified terrorist activated an explosive device in the direct vicinity of the entrance to the Consular Department of the Russian Embassy in Kabul. The explosion killed two employees of the diplomatic mission; there are casualties among citizens of Afghanistan as well.
“The Russian Embassy is in close contact with Afghanistan’s security services, which are conducting an investigation.” (https://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1828541/)
RIA Novosti said a Russian diplomat had come out to call the names of visa candidates when the bomb was triggered.
