A suicide bomber killed 14 Nepalese security guards in an attack

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The bomber was on foot when he struck the minibus, said Gen. Abdul Rahman Rahimi, the Kabul police chief. The minibus belonged to the employees of an unnamed foreign security company, he said.An Interior Ministry statement confirmed all 14 killed were Nepalese citizens, describing the attack as the work of a “terrorist suicide bomber.” It said the explosion also wounded nine people, five Nepalese employees and four Afghan civilians.In a tweet, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the attack “appalling & cowardly.” A suicide bomber killed 14 Nepalese security guards in an attack Monday on their minibus in the Afghan capital of Kabul, the Interior Ministry and an Afghan security official said.The Nepalese were on their way to the Canadian Embassy, where they worked as guards, according to another Nepalese guard who was wounded in the attack.A Canadian official confirmed to CBC News that all embassy staff and officials are safe, and that the attack was several kilometres from the embassy.

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