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Friday, January 17, 2014

Two Canadians killed in Kabul restaurant suicide bombing


Other news items are reporting that there was a Brit and  3 UN personnel also killed in same attack.

From CanadianPress via YahooNews:
....Two Canadians were among   those who died in a brutal suicide attack on Friday at a restaurant in the Afghanistan capital of Kabul, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird's office confirmed.
There was no further information about the two Canadian victims. Baird's office said it could not release further information due to privacy concerns.

Canada is winding up a military training mission in Afghanistan, but sources in the Department of National Defence told The Canadian Press that no uniformed personnel were among the casualties.
The restaurant is located close to Canada's embassy in Kabul and is a popular spot for Canadians living and visiting the capital. A spokesman for Baird says all embassy staff were safe and accounted for.
"Canada condemns in the strongest possible terms the targeted, cowardly terrorist attack today on a restaurant in Kabul," Baird said in an emailed statement.
"On behalf of all Canadians, we extend our sincerest condolences to the families and friends of those who were killed and injured in this horrible and senseless act of terror."....

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