Kabul, Friday
Eight people were killed as a wave of suicide bombings rocked Britain’s cultural centre in Kabul today, a public holiday marking Afghanistan’s independence from London in 1919.
Two blasts struck the British Council offices in Kabul after three or four Taliban suicide bombers got inside the compound, prompting a firefight which started at around 5.45am and was still raging hours later.
Four further explosions were heard over the following seven hours.
The Foreign Office in London has said all British nationals affected by the “despicable” attack are safe.
The British ambassador to Kabul, William Patey, said there were injuries among the Nepalese ex-Gurkhas guarding the centre, but that none had died.
An official source speaking on condition of anonymity had earlier said the dead included “two to three Nepalese”.
British government offices in Kabul are often guarded by Nepalese ex-Gurkha soldiers now working for private security firms.
Patey added that some inside the compound, which first came under attack in the early morning, had hidden in a safe room at the centre, including a British and a South African who worked there, and a British security guard.
Eight people were killed as a wave of suicide bombings rocked Britain’s cultural centre in Kabul today, a public holiday marking Afghanistan’s independence from London in 1919.
Two blasts struck the British Council offices in Kabul after three or four Taliban suicide bombers got inside the compound, prompting a firefight which started at around 5.45am and was still raging hours later.
Four further explosions were heard over the following seven hours.
The Foreign Office in London has said all British nationals affected by the “despicable” attack are safe.
The British ambassador to Kabul, William Patey, said there were injuries among the Nepalese ex-Gurkhas guarding the centre, but that none had died.
An official source speaking on condition of anonymity had earlier said the dead included “two to three Nepalese”.
British government offices in Kabul are often guarded by Nepalese ex-Gurkha soldiers now working for private security firms.
Patey added that some inside the compound, which first came under attack in the early morning, had hidden in a safe room at the centre, including a British and a South African who worked there, and a British security guard.
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