2 Russian Embassy Staff Dead, 4 Others Killed in Suicide Bomb Blast in Kabul

A medic checks an X-ray film of a man who was wounded after a suicide bomber detonated explosives near the entrance of the Russian embassy, inside a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 5, 2022. Ali Khara/Reuters

KABUL—Two Russian embassy staff in Kabul were among six people killed when a suicide bomber detonated explosives near the entrance of the embassy, in a blast that injured at least 10 others, the Russian Foreign Ministry and Afghan officials said on Monday.

Police said the attacker was shot dead by armed guards as he approached the gate, in one of the first such attacks since the Taliban took power last year.