imageOTTAWA: Canada condemned attacks in Afghanistan on Monday including a massive blast that killed Nepali and Indian security guards as they rode in a minibus to work at its embassy in Kabul.

"Canada strongly condemns today's terrorist attacks in Afghanistan by the Taliban, including the attack on a bus carrying security guards who protect the embassy of Canada to Afghanistan, in Kabul," Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion said in a statement.

The minister offered condolences on behalf of Canadians to the families and friends of "the Nepalese and Indian guards killed," adding that many had been "part of our embassy family for years."

"They will be remembered for their service in the protection of the men and women at the embassy of Canada to Afghanistan."

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2016

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