Three Foreign Troops Killed in Suicide Attack in Afghanistan
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File photo. Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images(Kabul, Afghanistan) — Three foreign troops were killed Tuesday in a suicide attack near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, authorities said, with the Taliban claiming responsibility for the attack.
The Afghan interior ministry said 16 civilians were also injured in the morning rush-hour attack.
The attacker targeted a foreign forces convoy.
The blast shook Kabul’s busy airport road, bringing chaos to a beautiful morning and leaving the roadway covered in leaves, shrapnel and debris. Thick smoke rose from the site of the attack.
International Security Assistance Force members were among the victims, the ISAF confirmed. The identities of the victims have not been released, though a U.S. official confirms that two of the three were Americans and the third was Polish.
American forces stood guard following the attack, cordoning off the area and inspecting the damage.
Afghan and ISAF officials are reviewing the incident.
Three ISAF personnel were killed in a bomb attack in Kabul today. A US official confirms that two of the three were Americans and that the third was Polish. They died in a suicide bomber attack near a passing coalition convoy.
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