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1st LD: UN Security Council slams terrorist attack in embassy area in Kabul

Xinhua, December 12, 2015 Adjust font size:

The UN Security Council on Friday condemned "in the strongest terms" the terrorist attack in the vicinity of the Embassy of Spain in Kabul, which resulted in at least two deaths.

The casualties include an Afghan policeman and an officer of the Spanish National Police serving at the Embassy of Spain, as well as a number of wounded persons, the 15-nation UN body said in a statement issued to the press here.

"The members of the Security Council reiterated their serious concern at the threats posed by the Taliban, Al-Qaida, ISIL (Islamic State) affiliates, and illegal armed groups to the local population, national security forces, and international presence in Afghanistan," said the statement.

A car bomb exploded near the Spanish Embassy in Afghanistan's capital early Friday evening. The Taliban claimed responsibility for "suicide attacks ... on a guesthouse of invaders in the Sherpoor area of Kabul in the evening." Endi