2 killed in Taliban attack at German consulate in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, at least two people were killed and more than 100 injured when a powerful bomb blast struck the German consulate in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, police said. The suicide attacker rammed his explosives-laden car into the wall of German consulate yesterday. 

Sporadic gunfire rattled the usually tranquil city after the huge explosion, which smashed



windows of nearby shops and left terrified local residents fleeing for cover. The Taliban called it a revenge attack for recent US airstrikes in the volatile province of Kunduz earlier this month that left up to 32 civilians dead. Afghan special forces cordoned off the area as helicopters were seen flying over the consulate and ambulances with wailing sirens rushed to the area.