Kabul suicide kills six, police ambushed

  • 12/15/2022
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Kabul, Oct 6, SPA -- Six people, including an American soldier, werekilled in a suicide car bomb targeting a US military convoy in Kabulas two police officers were killed elsewhere in Afghanistan's south-east, REPORTED DPA. Police say an explosive-laden car rammed into a US military convoyon the road to the Kabul International Airport, causing a huge blastaround 8:00 am (0330 GMT). The US-led coalition forces said one of their soldiers was killedin the attack when his vehicle was hit by a car bomb. Kabul police said two US miliary vehicles as well as a number ofcivilians vehicles were destroyed in the attack. The Afghan Interior Ministry said in a statement five civilianswere killed and five others were wounded in the incident. The Taliban have claimed responsibility with its spokesmanZabihullah Mujahid saying seven foreign soldiers were killed in theblast. "One of our Mujahideen brothers, named Abdul Rahman, from Kabulcarried out the attack using a car and killed seven foreign troops,"Mujahid told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. This is the third suicide attack since September 29 to hit Kabul. Two previous attacks on the Afghan army and police killed more than40 people. Elsewhere, two police officers were killed in a roadside bombblast in the south-eastern Khost province Saturday morning, a policeofficial Sakhi Mir reported. Two policemen were also wounded in the attack 10 kilometres to thenorth of Khost city.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/488507

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