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A powerful blast ripped through a supermarket popular with foreigners in Kabul on Friday, killing at least 8 people. The neighborhood is home to a number of Western embassies and other international organizations, and the attack was an ominous sign that insurgents remain able to penetrate the most tightly guarded districts of Kabul. The explosion, the most serious attack in months in Kabul, was apparently caused by a suicide bomber, according to Gen. Mohammed Zahir, the head of criminal investigations with the Kabul police. The blast gutted the first floor of the grocery store, igniting small fires, shattering the storefront windows and tossing about canned goods and other food items. Smoke billowed into the air and bloodied victims staggered into the street.
