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Kabul suicide attack on German convoy kills two
AFP - 1 hour 4 minutes ago
KABUL (AFP) - - A suicide attack on a convoy carrying the German military attache killed two civilians in the Afghan capital Sunday, Kabul police said.
The military attache escaped unharmed, but two civilians died and three more were wounded, deputy Kabul police chief General Alishah Ahmadzai said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the suicide blast, the second in the city in three days, but similar attacks have been claimed by Taliban-led extremists waging an insurgency in Afghanistan.
"It was a suicide attack against the vehicle of the German military attache," Ahmadzai said.
"Two civilians are killed and three are wounded. The military attache is sound and safe. The attacker was on foot."
The German embassy could not immediately be reached for comment.
One of the dead was a municipal worker who was cleaning the road when the attacker struck, a worker named Waheedullah told AFP.
"I was standing here at the corner when I heard a big explosion," he said.
"I went to the main road and saw one of our friends lying on roadside, covered in blood, near his wheel barrow. His belly was badly wounded and was open. I saw another civilian dead nearby and I saw two civilians wounded."
The attacker's remains were still at the scene after the attack, along with a damaged armoured diplomatic vehicle.
The interior ministry had initially said the attack, in front of a high school and about 200 metres (660 feet) from parliament, targeted a convoy of international troops.
But the International Security Assistance Force said it had not been involved in the incident.
The latest suicide attack to hit Kabul came after a car bomb exploded outside the heavily barricaded US embassy Thursday, killing four Afghan civilians and wounding nearly 20. The Taliban claimed responsibility for that attack.
The Afghan capital has suffered a rash of attacks this year, fuelling fears that a Taliban-led insurgency which has mostly affected the south and east of the country is encroaching on Kabul.
The biggest suicide attack in the capital was in July outside the Indian embassy, killing about 60 people.
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People gather next to a damaged taxi at the site of a suicide attack in front of the Habibya High School in Kabul. Sunday's attack, apparently targeting a foreign forces vehicle on a road running past the parliament building, killed two civilians, Kabul police said.
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