No Filipinos killed in Kabul blast that left 90 dead — DFA | Global News

No Filipinos killed in Kabul blast that left 90 dead — DFA

/ 05:25 PM June 01, 2017

Department of Foreign Affairs

Department of Foreign Affairs building. (File photo from Philippine Daily Inquirer)

The Department of Foreign Affairs on Thursday said no Filipinos were affected by a terror attack that killed around 90 people in Kabul, Afghanistan.

READ: Massive Kabul truck bomb kills 90, wounds hundreds

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“The Philippine Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, which holds jurisdiction over Afghanistan, reported all Filipinos in that country safe following a bomb blast in Kabul on Wednesday morning,” it said in a statement. “This is according to the Area Coordinator of the Filipino Community in Kabul, whom the Embassy contacted as soon as it learned of the incident.”

The DFA said the embassy continues to monitor the situation.

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News reports said a truck bomb ripped through Kabul’s diplomatic quarter and killed at least 90 people. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which also left hundreds of people injured.

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Among those killed were personnel of foreign embassies.

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The DFA said Filipino nationals can contact the embassy at:

House No. 7-A Koshar Road sector 7/2, Islamabad, Pakistan

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+92 51 2655078

[email protected]

[email protected]

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