Kabul supermarket hit by deadly suicide attack
Baku, January 28 (AZERTAC). At least eight people have been killed in a suicide attack at a supermarket popular with foreigners in the Afghan capital Kabul, officials say.
The bomber opened fire in the store before detonating his explosives, said police and witnesses.
Afghans and foreigners, including two women and a child, were among the dead, say reports.
The blast left the Finest store, not far from the British embassy, ablaze.
The supermarket is located next to a busy roundabout and a police checkpoint, and like many stores in the Afghan capital it has armed guards.
The explosion in the heavily guarded Wazir Akbar Khan area of the city, an area frequented by foreigners and affluent Afghans, scattered debris across the road.
An officer with the National Directorate of Security, Afghanistan`s spy agency, told the BBC that the guards had exchanged fire with the attacker for several minutes.
A Reuters news agency cameraman saw three dead bodies at the scene, including two women.
Earlier this month in Kabul, at least four people died when a suicide attacker rammed his motorcycle into a bus carrying security forces.
Violence in Afghanistan is at its worst level since the overthrow of the Taliban government in late 2001.
US forces are due to begin withdrawing from the country in the middle of this year.
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