At least four people were killed and more than 100 were injured on Thursday in an attack on the German consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif, a city in north Afghanistan. The militants drove a car full of explosives into the wall guarding the consulate building. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.

The group said the attack was in retaliation to airstrikes carried out by Nato (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) forces near Kunduz last week, which left several militants and at least 33 civilians dead. Germany is part of the coalition forces. Though the local police said only one attacker was involved in Thursday’s incident, the German Foreign Office said Afghan and Nato troops fought multiple militants both outside and inside the premises, reported Deutsche Welle.

A local journalist, Bilal Sarwary, posted on Twitter a list of 119 names of those who got injured in the attack. Most of the injuries were sustained after the explosion shattered the glasses of the nearby buildings. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called a meeting of the ministry’s crisis task force to take stock of the situation. Most of the German troops, who are part of Nato’s Resolute Support mission, are based in Balkh province. Mazar-i-Sharif is the capital of the province.