“The suicide attacker rammed his explosives-laden car into the wall of the German consulate in the city,” said local police chief Sayed Kamal Sadat.
The Taliban called it a “revenge attack” for a US airstrike in the volatile province of Kunduz earlier this month that left up to 32 civilians dead.
The death toll included two motorcyclists who were shot dead by German forces close to the consulate after they refused to heed their warning to stop, AFP quoted deputy police chief Abdul Razaq Qadri as saying.
A suspect had also been detained near the diplomatic mission on Friday morning, Qadri said.
6 dead, 120 injured after Taliban attacks German consulate
11 November 2016
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A Taliban truck bomb struck the German consulate in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif late on Thursday, killing at least six people and wounding more than 120 others, the Local reports, citing officials.
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