6 Foreigners killed in Kabul UN Attack

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 12:21 pm

KABUL: 6 Foreigners killed in Kabul Attack, Six foreigners have been killed and five others wounded in an attack on a Kabul guest house used by United Nations personnel, an Afghan official said Wednesday.

United Nations confirmed earlier that three members of United Nations personnel stayed in the guesthouse were killed.

Three suicide bombers have been killed during the police operation that suicide bombers were armed, “said Zemarai Bashary, Interior Ministry spokesman.

“Unfortunately, six foreigners have been killed, five foreigners have been injured.

He had no other details.

An Afghan soldier from the site of the attack in a crowded commercial district near Kabul, Butcher’s Street, said four men and one woman were among the dead.

A police officer and an intelligence officer also was killed, he said, speaking on condition of anonymity.