Foreign Office: Two embassy staff killed in Kabul blast

A British national civilian security team member and an Afghan national working for the Embassy were killed in a suicide bomb attack in Kabul, the Foreign Office has confirmed.

In a statement Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond praised "the courage and perseverance of the people of Afghanistan and members of the international community who support them, who have lived together through decades of conflict."

He added: "We will not allow such inhumanity to deter us from continuing our partnership with the Government of Afghanistan. I have nothing but admiration for the staff of the Embassy, British and Afghan, who work at great personal risk to help build a better future for Afghanistan."