Militants Attack India's Consulate in Eastern Afghanistan

An Afghan policeman runs during the gunfire in front of the Indian consulate in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Wednesday. PHOTO: REUTERS

Reuters: Afghan forces kill Indian consulate suicide attackers

Afghan security forces on Wednesday killed four suicide bombers who targeted the Indian consulate in the eastern city of Jalalabad, following an attack in which at least two people were killed and 19 wounded, officials said.

The violence, coming just days after dozens of people were killed or wounded in suicide attacks in the capital, Kabul, and the eastern province of Kunar, raises further questions over efforts to revive a stalled peace process with the Taliban.

A bomb in a car driven by one of the attackers was detonated near the Indian consulate, shattering doors and windows and destroying at least eight cars as explosions and gunfire rocked the area, witnesses said.

Security forces in armoured vehicles were seen moving to the scene, while civilians fled.

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