Six killed in explosion in Afghan capital

KABUL - Six civilians were killed and seven were injured in an explosion that rocked the diplomatic enclave of the Afghan capital Friday, officials said.

The blast took place in a supermarket in Wazir Akbar Khan, an area in central Kabul which houses almost all the foreign embassies, said Mohammad Zahir, head of Kabul’s criminal investigations department.

“There were six deaths and foreigners were also among them,” Zahir said.

Hashmat Stanikzai, spokesman for the Kabul police, said that two civilians were killed and seven others were injured.

Another police official at the site of the attack, who did not want to be named, said that two foreign nationals were among those killed.

The Finest grocery shop was frequented by foreigners. Officials did not give a cause of the blast.

“We think it was the work of a suicide bomber, but we are not sure and we are investigating it,” Zahir said.

Tolo, a private broadcaster, reported that the blast that was caused by hand grenades.