UK security firm G4S says five employees killed in Kabul attack
- Militants detonated a vehicle bomb outside company’s compound on Wednesday
British security firm G4S said Thursday that five of its employees were killed and 32 injured on Wednesday in a Taliban-claimed attack on one of its compounds in Kabul.
The company, which provides security for British diplomats, said one Briton and four Afghans were killed in the attack.
Militants detonated a vehicle bomb outside the compound before trying to fight their way inside.
“It is with great sadness that we can confirm that five of our employees were killed and 32 were injured, five of them seriously,” managing director Charlie Burbridge said in a statement.
“We are committed to our security role in support of the people of Afghanistan, and we are determined that incidents such as this will not prevent the vital work that the international community conducts from continuing,” he said.
Afghan interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish told AFP earlier that 10 people were killed in the attack – all of them Afghan nationals.