voa标准英语2008年-Car Bomb Kills 4 Near US Embassy in Kabul
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A suicide car bomb attack near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul has killed at least 4 people and wounded 18 others. The mid-morning blast appeared to target a convoy1 of foreign troops at a busy traffic circle. VOA's Barry Newhouse reports from the Afghan capital. |
| Afghan policeman near site of explosion in Kabul, 27 Nov 2008 |
Witnesses at Kabul's landmark2 Massoud traffic circle said the bomber3 was driving erratically4 as he neared a convoy of foreign troops.
This man says he was standing5 near the road, when the bomber almost hit him. He says the driver then hit three other cars and exploded.
The Massoud traffic circle is a busy intersection6 in an upscale area of Kabul that contains foreign missions, international organizations and news agencies.
The U.S. Embassy is located about 200 meters away, behind two heavily fortified7 checkpoints. The embassy was hosting a Thanksgiving Holiday foot-race and some foreigners were arriving at the time of the explosion.
Interior Ministry8 spokesman Zamary Bashary says officials believe the attacker was targeting the convoy of international troops.
"Prior to reaching the convoy, the bomber who was sitting in a small vehicle, detonated the bombs that were in the car and as a result of that unfortunately, a number of civilians9 were killed and a number were injured," said Bashary.
One bystander said most of the victims were city sanitation10 workers.
President Hamid Karzai condemned11 the blast, saying Afghans are fed up with such attacks after 30 years of invasions and terrorism.
Foreigners in Kabul have been targeted in a string of recent kidnappings and shootings. The city's last suicide attack occurred nearly a month ago at the Afghan Culture Ministry, when three militants12 stormed the building, killing13 five people.
