Four people were killed and 115 others wounded at the German consulate in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif late Thursday after a car packed with explosives crashed into a high wall surrounding the facility, according to multiple reports.
Members of the Taliban have claimed responsibility for the bombing, calling it payback for last week’s airstrikes near Kunduz by North Atlantic Treaty Organization nations, according to Reuters.
It’s unclear whether German staffers were victims because the explosion was so widespread, igniting a nearby market and hurting Afghan nationals outside the wall.
A NATO spokesman said the organization has dispersed troops to the scene of the attack. Germany is responsible for NATO’s presence in northern Afghanistan and has 1,000 soldiers at the base.
The German foreign ministry has not issued a statement on the attack.
