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| Six die in Afghan suicide attack | Six die in Afghan suicide attack |
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| Three Afghan civilians and three foreign troops have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack north of the capital, Kabul, officials say. | Three Afghan civilians and three foreign troops have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack north of the capital, Kabul, officials say. |
| The attack occurred in Kapisa province, where US and French troops are deployed as part of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf). | The attack occurred in Kapisa province, where US and French troops are deployed as part of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf). |
| The explosive-laden car rammed into a military convoy in Sayat district. | The explosive-laden car rammed into a military convoy in Sayat district. |
| Kapisa is a strategically important province, near Bagram air base and close to the Kabul-Jalalabad highway. | Kapisa is a strategically important province, near Bagram air base and close to the Kabul-Jalalabad highway. |
| Afghan officials say the district is frequently used by militants as a stopover on their way to carry out attacks in the capital. | Afghan officials say the district is frequently used by militants as a stopover on their way to carry out attacks in the capital. |
| "Three Isaf service members were killed and one injured after an improvised explosive device attack in eastern Afghanistan this [Tuesday] morning," Isaf said in a statement. | |
| The US military and an Isaf official said separately that the bomb had hit US troops. | |
| Afghan interior ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary said the target of the attack was a convoy of international forces. | |
| "The initial report we have received says three civilians were killed and three wounded," news agency AFP quoted Mr Bashary as saying. | |
| The civilians were just passers-by and it was not yet clear who they were, he said. |