July 7, 2008
A suicide bomber blew up a vehicle outside the gates of the embassy in Kabul, killing more than 60 people, including civilians waiting in line for visas and shoppers at a nearby market. India, and later the U.S., accused Pakistan's intelligence service of playing a role in the attack, roiling already existing tensions between the two countries.
Worst Embassy Attacks
On Sept. 17, militants launched the worst attack on a U.S. embassy in a decade, killing 17 people with car bombs, machine gun fire and grenades. It's not the first time an embassy has been used to send a message to (or blackmail) a representative country and sadly, it probably won't be the last.
Kate Pickert