INQUIRER.net: 9 killed in attack on Indian consulate in Afghanistan

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9 killed in attack on Indian consulate in Afghanistan Aug 4th 2013, 00:38 JALALABAD—Suicide bombers targeted the Indian consulate in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Saturday, detonating an explosives-packed car and killing nine civilians, including seven children in a nearby mosque.   A spokesman for the Taliban militant group immediately denied responsibility for the blast that erupted outside the Indian mission and left the mosque, private houses, tailors and other shops in ruins.   "A car containing explosives hit a barrier near the consulate and detonated," Ahmadzia Abdulzai, spokesman for Nangarhar province, of which Jalalabad is the capital, told AFP. "There were three suicide bombers in the car."   Nangarha... Keep on reading: 9 killed in attack on Indian consulate in Afghanistan Media files: Afghanistan-attack.jpg (image/jpeg)

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