Iran Condemns Attack on Russia’s Kabul Embassy
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned a suicide bombing near the entrance of the Russian embassy in the capital of Afghanistan that has killed at least six people.
In a statement on Monday, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani expressed sympathy with the Russian government and the families of the two diplomats in Kabul as well as the families of other Afghan people killed as a result of this act of terror.
He also called on the Afghan officials to take more serious measures to ensure security of the foreign embassies and diplomatic missions in Afghanistan.
At least six people have been killed in the suicide bombing near the entrance of the Russian embassy in Kabul.
The dead include two employees of the embassy, the Russian foreign ministry said, adding that an “unknown militant” set off an explosive device near the entrance to the consular section of the embassy at 10:50 am local time.
The four others killed were Afghan civilians, Khalid Zadran, a Kabul police spokesman said.
Police said the attacker was shot dead by armed guards as he approached the embassy gate in Darul Aman area in southwest of Kabul.
The Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack late on Monday. A Daesh fighter “blew up his suicide vest in a gathering attended by Russian employees” near the embassy, the group said in a statement via Telegram channels.
