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Kabul Bomb Kills 41 at Indian Embassy

Posted Jul 7, 08 4:52 AM CDT in World 

(Newser) – A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb outside the Indian embassy in Kabul today, killing 41 people and injuring 141. Several diplomats were among the dead, as well as children, security guards and visa seekers on the crowded street in the Afghan capital, reports CNN. The huge blast was the deadliest attack in Kabul this year.

"We heard an explosion, then the dust and glass hit our faces," said a resident near the scene of the blast. "After that we saw that people were dead and lying everywhere."

Sources CNN, Bloomberg

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Armed Afghan police stand guard at the Indian Embassy entrance gate in central Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 7, 2008. A suicide car bomb exploded outside the Indian Embassy in central Kabul on Monday,...   (AP Photo)
Afghan police officers stand guard in front of the entrance gate of the Indian Embassy in central Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 7, 2008. A suicide car bomb exploded outside the embassy Monday, killing...   (AP Photo)
Afghan police officers stand guard at the entrance gate of the Indian Embassy in central Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 7, 2008. A suicide car bomb exploded outside the embassy Monday, killing 28 people...   (AP Photo)
An Afghan child wounded in a suicide attack near the Indian Embassy in central Kabul cries on a hospital bed as she asks her mother in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 7, 2008. A suicide car bomb exploded...   (AP Photo)
An Afghan policeman and a health worker carry fleshes of the dead bodies at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, July 7, 2008. A suicide car bomb exploded near the Indian Embassy...   (AP Photo)
Afghan policemen investigate at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan Monday, July 7, 2008. A suicide car bomb exploded near the Indian Embassy in central Kabul early Monday, killing 28 people...   (AP Photo)
Afghan policemen stand guard at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, July 7, 2008. A suicide car bomb exploded near the Indian Embassy in central Kabul early Monday, killing...   (AP Photo)
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