The Russian Foreign Ministry named the names of the employees of the embassy in Kabul who were killed in the terrorist attack
The Russian Foreign Ministry has named the names of the employees of the embassy in Kabul who died as a result of the September 5 terrorist attack. Relevant post published in the telegram channel of the department.
“The leadership of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs with great regret announces that on September 5, 2022, a tragedy occurred during a terrorist attack in Afghanistan, an employee of the Russian Embassy in Kabul, Second Secretary Mikhail Shakh and specialist expert Kuzhuget Adygzhy Sergeyevich,” the Foreign Ministry said.
The explosion at the US Embassy in Islam took place on the morning of September 5. An unknown person detonated a bomb at the entrance to the consular department of the diplomatic mission. RIA Novosti, citing a source, reports that the explosion occurred at the moment when the Russian diplomat went out to the public to announce the names of applicants for a visa. The victims of the attack were six people, at least 10 years old, transmitted Reuters agency. Responsibility for the explosion was claimed by militants of the Islamic State* (IS).
Russia has become one of the possible countries that do not hide behind the embassy in Kabul after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021*. Representative of the Afghan Foreign Ministry in the Taliban government* excited I hope that the attack on the embassy will not have a negative impact on Kabul’s relations with Moscow. “We have close relations with the Russian Federation, and we do not cause such a negative effect as dislike for relations between the two countries,” he said.
* an organization banned in Russia