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Foreign troops targeted in Kabul suicide attack

Jane Onyanga-Omara
USA TODAY
NATO soldies stand guard near the site of a suicide bomb blast that targeted a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul, Afghanistan, 30 June 2015.

A powerful explosion shook the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday in an attack near the U.S. Embassy that appeared to target foreign forces but mostly affected civilians.

Two people were killed and about 20 people, including four children and three women, were wounded after a suicide bomber attacked a convoy of foreign troops serving with NATO on the main road running between Kabul's airport and the U.S. Embassy.

Afghan broadcaster TOLOnews reported the Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attack, which took place near Kabul's Supreme Court building, a school and a mosque.

NATO said the attack took place at approximately 1:20 p.m local time. "Two coalition service members sustained minor injuries as a result this attack," it said. It added that all personnel and vehicles have been recovered.

U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Heather Easton said all embassy personnel were accounted for, The Associated Press reported.

"We condemn the attack on coalition forces in #Kabul #AFG today. Our thoughts and prayers are with all of those killed and injured." the embassy said on Twitter.

Witness Ahmad Farhad told the news agency he saw a car ram into "the convoy of foreign forces." He said vehicles were damaged and there were wounded everywhere, with "no one to help them."

The U.S. and NATO formally ended their combat mission in Afghanistan in December. Some foreign troops remain in the country to train and support Afghan security forces, who have assumed full responsibility for security.

The incident came just over a week after the Taliban launched a suicide bombing and gunfire attack outside the Afghan parliament, leaving at least two people dead and over two dozen injured.

Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said all seven attackers were killed by special forces in that attack.

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