Suicide bomb targets hits NATO convoy
At least 10 foreign troops were among those killed in a suicide car bomb attack on a NATO convoy travelling through the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, a Western military source said.
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Three civilians and an Afghan policeman were also among the victims of the attack close to the destroyed Dar-ul-Aman palace in the southwest of the city.
"The attack targeted an American NATO bus," said the official on condition
of anonymity. "There are 10 or 11 people, mostly Americans," he said, giving
the toll.
A police spokesman earlier said the attacker detonated his Toyota Sedan car
at 5.50 CET and the area was now blocked by Afghan and international forces tending casualties and putting out fires at the scene.
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