UN leads global condemnation of Kabul bombing

Agence France-Presse UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations led worldwide condemnation of the bombing of India's embassy in Afghanistan, which left 41 dead in one of the worst attacks in the country since the fall of the Taliban. The UN Security Council called it a "reprehensible act of terrorism" and expressed concern about the continuing threat posed by the hardline Islamic militant Taliban, who ruled the nation from 1996 to 2001. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, in Japan for the summit of the Group of Eight wealthy nations, said he condemned the attack "in the strongest terms" and called for those behind it to be brought to justice. "No political agenda or grievance can justify such reprehensible means," Ban said. A suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into the Indian embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday,... [read full story]