Alwaght- At least 21 people were killed and 33 more injured after a suicide bomber detonated explosives near the entrance of the Russian embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, Sputnik News reported.
According to the Russian news agency, the explosion went off when a diplomat came to announce the list of students who had applied for a Russian visa. Two employees of Russian embassy were among the dead.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that the embassy guard was boosted following the blast and expressed a hope that the people behind the gruesome attack would be held accountable in the near future.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion, the latest to strike the country days after it marked a year of Taliban seizing power.