ஜேர்மன் தூதரகத்தின் மீது கார் குண்டு தாக்குதல்

 

 

ஆப்கானிஸ்தானில்,மசார்-இ-ஷரிப் நகரில் அமைந்துள்ள ஜேர்மன் தூதரகத்தின் மீது மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்ட கார் குண்டு தாக்குதலில் 2 பேர் பலியாகியுள்ளதாக தெரிவிக்கப்படுகின்றது.

இதில் காயமடைந்த 80 பேருக்கும் அதிகமானோர் வைத்தியசாலையில் சிகிச்சைக்காக அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளதாக சர்வதேச ஊடகங்கள் தெரிவிக்கின்றன.

குறித்த குண்டு வெடிப்பை தொடர்ந்து பலமுறை துப்பாக்கிக்சூடும் இடம்பெற்றுள்ளது.

இத் தாக்குதலுக்கு தலிபான் தீவிரவாத அமைப்பு பொறுப்பேற்றுள்ளமை குறிப்பிடத்தக்கது.

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Taliban attacks German consulate in Afghanistan

At least four people killed and 120 wounded as suicide car bomber rams his vehicle into the consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif.

 

 

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Taliban said the bombing was a revenge attack [Anil Usyan/Reuters]

A suicide car bomber has struck the German consulate in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, killing at least four people and wounding 120 others, a police source has told Al Jazeera.

The bombing on Thursday was claimed by the Taliban, which called it a "revenge attack" for a US air strike in the volatile province of Kunduz earlier this month that left up to 32 civilians dead.

 

This is Taliban Country

According to local police, "the suicide attacker rammed his explosives-laden car into the wall of German consulate in the city".

"The blast was too loud and powerful, which shattered windows, and many civilians were wounded inside their homes," Abdul Raziq Qaderi, head of security for Balkh province said.

A German military spokesman told Reuters news agency that shots were also heard outside the consulate and that NATO troops were on the site.

The number of attackers remains unclear. 

Afghan police said that they found a second attacker hidden or buried under rubble on Friday morning, having spoken of only one attacker during the night. 

A Taliban spokesman told Al Jazeera that several fighters of the armed group had entered the building and that clashes were ongoing.

The government source, however, did not confirm if fighting was still ongoing.

Germany has 938 soldiers stationed in Afghanistan, most of them in Balkh, the province where Mazar-i-Sharif is located, as part of NATO's Resolute Support mission.

US forces admitted last week that its air strikes "very likely" resulted in civilian killings in Kunduz, pledging a full investigation into the incident.

The Taliban, who seized power and ruled Afghanistan from 1996, were toppled by a US-led invasion after the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.

Almost 15 years later, about 13,000 troops from a US-NATO coalition remain in the country.

In the past year alone, the Taliban's armed campaign has killed or wounded about 11,000 civilians, as well as 5,500 government troops and police officers.

Source: Al Jazeera News And Agencies