| 2013 Indian embassy attack | |
| Partof: | War in Afghanistan (2001–present) |
| Location: | Jalalabad, Afghanistan |
| Date: | 3 August 2013 |
| Fatalities: | 9
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| Perp: | Taliban |
On 3 August 2013, the Indian consulate in Jalalabad, Afghanistan was attacked by three suicide bombers. Afghan security forces spotted the attackers as they approached the consulate in a car leading to one of the attackers detonating his explosives. The blast killed nine people, six of them children, and wounded 24 others.[1]