Two Russians among those killed in suicide attack near Kabul embassy

Moscow says two embassy staff killed and several people injured, as Afghan official says attacker was shot dead

A suicide bomber struck near the Russian embassy in Kabul, killing two staff from the diplomatic mission and wounding several other people, the foreign ministry in Moscow has said.

In the first attack targeting a foreign mission since the Taliban seized power in August last year, the bomber struck on Monday near the entrance of the embassy's consular section.