Fatal attack in Kabul near the EU delegation

(B2) Nearly a hundred killed and as many injured, the attack committed in Kabul near the building of the EU delegation (1) and the High Peace Council on Saturday (January 27), is significant.

The attack, claimed by the Taliban, was committed by means of two people ambulances packed with explosives (2). This means at least made it possible to pass the first checkpoint – on the pretext that they had to bring a patient urgently to the hospital. It was at the second checkpoint that he was recognized and blew up the vehicle, according to the deputy spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Nasrat Rahimi, interviewed by AFP.

The toll is heavy: 103 killed and 235 wounded. The first assessment has been revised upwards. There were no casualties from the EU delegation, however, according to B2's sources.

(NGV)

(1) This is not the first time that the EU delegation has been targeted.

(2) The explosion was heard several kilometers around according to AFP.

(3) a procedure that is extraordinary to say the least, which could be considered a war crime because it is contrary to the Geneva Conventions