India's Kabul Embassy Hit By Suicide Bomb; 34 Die, 141 Injured

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A suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives near the Indian embassy in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, killing 34 people and injuring 141 today, a government spokesman said.

"The toll has risen to 34 as four more people died due to injuries,'' Abdullah Fahim, a spokesman for the Ministry of Public Health, said in a telephone interview from Kabul. "One- fifth of the people injured are civilians and the rest are soldiers and policemen.'' Police have also recovered a half-blown body which may be the suicide bomber, Fahim said.

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The bomber drove the car into the gates of the embassy, reported Agence France-Presse, which put the death toll at 41 with 139 people wounded.

Indian defense attaché Brigadier R. Mehta and Counsellor V. Venkateswara Rao died in the attack, Sitanshu Kar, a Defense Ministry spokesman, said in a telephone interview from New Delhi. Two soldiers guarding the embassy also died, Jasbir Singh, first secretary, said in a telephone interview from Kabul.

An Afghanistan national working in the embassy was among the dead, India's Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters in New Delhi. A team of Indian officials will be flying to Kabul "immediately to attended to the emergency situation,'' he said.

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Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban, denied the group's involvement in the attack, AFP said.

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Appalling.