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10-11-2005, 11:20 PM
Kabul — A rocket exploded outside the Canadian ambassador's residence in the Afghan capital on Wednesday.
Two local men believed to be guards employed at the residence were injured in the blast just before dawn.
"We had guards from a local company and two of them were injured," a Canadian embassy official in Kabul said. "The rocket in fact struck very close to our embassy residence."
The area of the city is heavily protected because it is home to buildings housing offices and residences of foreign governments. It was not clear whether the Canadian building was damaged.
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The new Canadian ambassador to Afghanistan, David Sproule, has been in the country for about a week, said the Canadian government official. It was not known where Sproule was when the rocket exploded.
Some Canadians were in the building when the rocket, one of two to hit the city on Wednesday, hit, said Dan McTeague, the parliamentary secretary for Canadians abroad.
The rocket outside the ambassador's residence occurred seconds after another rocket hit inside a large compound housing the Afghan government's intelligence service, said an official......................
Two local men believed to be guards employed at the residence were injured in the blast just before dawn.
"We had guards from a local company and two of them were injured," a Canadian embassy official in Kabul said. "The rocket in fact struck very close to our embassy residence."
The area of the city is heavily protected because it is home to buildings housing offices and residences of foreign governments. It was not clear whether the Canadian building was damaged.
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The new Canadian ambassador to Afghanistan, David Sproule, has been in the country for about a week, said the Canadian government official. It was not known where Sproule was when the rocket exploded.
Some Canadians were in the building when the rocket, one of two to hit the city on Wednesday, hit, said Dan McTeague, the parliamentary secretary for Canadians abroad.
The rocket outside the ambassador's residence occurred seconds after another rocket hit inside a large compound housing the Afghan government's intelligence service, said an official......................