Afghan family devastated by suicide blast (Reuters)

By Jonathon Burch 12 minutes ago KABUL (Reuters) - Abdul Wahid was asleep in England when he received a panicked phone call. "Buy a plane ticket and hurry to Kabul!" his brother's voice said. It would take Wahid more than 24 hours to make the long trip from his home in Sheffield, England to the Afghan capital. Only there did he discover the shattering news. Five members of his family had been killed in a devastating suicide blast outside the Indian Embassy. A suicide car bomber rammed the gates of the mission in central Kabul on July 7, just as a diplomatic vehicle was entering the compound, killing 58 people and injuring 141. Two Indian diplomats and two Indian guards were killed in the attack, but most of the casualties were Afghans queuing up to apply for visas. The blast was so powerful it blew the embassy's metal gates... [read full story]