Afghan police said a suicide bomber had detonated explosives near the entrance to the embassy
\n MOSCOW
\nTwo Russian embassy staff were killed on Monday in a suicide bombing near the country\u2019s diplomatic mission in the Afghan capital, Kabul, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
\nIt said there were also casualties among Afghan civilians.
\n\u201cOn September 5, at 10:50 a.m. Kabul time, in the immediate vicinity of the entrance to the consular section of the Russian Embassy in Kabul, an unknown militant set off an explosive device. As a result of the attack, two employees of the diplomatic mission were killed, and there are also victims among Afghan citizens,\u201d the ministry said in a statement.
\n\u201cThe embassy is in close contact with the Afghan security services, which are investigating.\u201d
\nThe identity of the Russian victims was not clear. Earlier, state-owned news agency RIA reported that a diplomat and an embassy security guard had been wounded in the attack.
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