KABUL, Shawwal 23, 1436, Aug 8, 2015, SPA -- A wave of attacks on Afghan army, police and U.S. special forces in Kabul yesterday, on Friday killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, Reuters reported. The bloodshed began with a truck bomb that exploded in a heavily populated district of the capital and ended with an hours-long battle at a base used by U.S. special forces. It became the deadliest day in Kabul for years. The terrorist insurgents of Taliban claimed responsibility for both the police academy attack and the battle at the U.S. special forces base, though not for the truck bomb. The number of casualties from Friday's attacks was expected to rise as details continued to emerge from the authorities. On Saturday, NATO-led coalition forces confirmed that one international service member and eight Afghan contractors were killed in the attack on Camp Integrity, a base used by U.S. special forces near the main airport. --SPA 15:02 LOCAL TIME 12:02 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w