Suicide blast rocks NATO HQ in Kabul, at least 6 reported killed

Large suicide blast near NATO’s Afghanistan headquarters

 
A suicide bomber set off a large blast near the headquarters of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kabul during celebrations on Saturday. The NATO office is in a heavily guarded quarter of the city reserved for diplomatic functions.

The celebrations were meant to mark the 11th anniversary Ahmad Shah Massoud, a local hero who had fought against the soviets and the Taliban. The Kabul chief of police says the explosion was caused by a suicide bomber. Press TV reported six casualties.

"We are on lockdown while we try get more details on the explosion," an ISAF spokeswoman said, as reported by Reuters. A number of casualties have been reported by different news agencies.

US, Swiss, French Experts to Investigate Bulgaria Suicide Bombing

Exports from the US, Switzerland and France are to investigate the suicide bomb attack that killed six people, including five Israeli tourists, in the Black Sea city of Burgas, as Interpol is is to deploy an Incident Response Team (IRT) to the country.

An anti- terrorism expert from Switzerland, an explosives expert from and the USA and an IRT expert from France are arriving in Bulgaria on Friday, the Bulgarian Interior Ministry says.

On Friday, Ronald Noble, the Secretary General of Interpol condemned the cowardly attack. He said the information about the fake US ID papers of the perpetrator could be indispensable and crucial if it is found in the organization’s database.

Burgas District Prosecutor Kalina Chapkanova has reiterated that the suicide bomber may have stayed in the Bulgarian seaside towns of Ravda and Pomorie, according to the Bulgarian National Radio.

Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov said on Friday that the terrorist had spent at least four days in the Balkan country prior to Wednesday's deadly blast.