Suicide Bombing Hits Restaurant In Afghan Capital Kabul [Video]

A Taliban suicide car bomber struck a French restaurant popular with foreigners in Kabul Friday, killing two people in a New Year’s day attack that marks the second insurgent assault in the Afghan capital in a week. Another 15 people were injured in the car bomb attack on the Le Jardin restaurant.

Kabul French restaurant rocked by 'car bomb attack'

Taliban suicide bomber hits French restaurant:

In the hours after the explosion, large numbers of police and security force personnel blocked off the site, parts of which were on fire. During a search of the surrounding areas, one suspect was arrested, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.

The incident came almost two years after a suicide attack on a Lebanese restaurant in the city killed 21 people, including 13 expatriates, and prompted many foreign organisations to withdraw staff or place tight restrictions on their movements.

Earlier this week, one civilian was killed and 33 were wounded in an attack claimed by the Taliban in an area close to Kabul airport.

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Officials from Afghanistan, Pakistan, the United States and China are due to meet in Pakistan on Jan. 11 for a meeting aimed at laying the groundwork for talks with the insurgents.

However the Taliban, which is struggling to contain bloody factional fighting over the leadership succession, has so far refused to take part while foreign forces remain in Afghanistan.

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