A suicide bomber drove a car rigged with explosives into the wall of the consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif Getty ImagesAt least four civilians were killed and scores injured when a Taliban suicide bomber drove a car rigged with explosives into the perimeter wall of the German consulate in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif. The blast, which wounded at least 120, was followed up by militants who battled Afghan and German security forces in an attempt to “kill all the foreigners there”, a Taliban spokesman said. The Islamist group said that the attack was in retaliation for Nato airstrikes on a village near Kunduz last week that killed more than 30 people. Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, said that its fighters were sent on a “mission to destroy the German consulate general and kill whoever they found there”. Nato said the explosion caused “massive…

Source: The Times November 11, 2016 09:13 UTC