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A suicide attack near the Afghan capital Kabul has killed two people, including one foreign soldier. A suicide attack near the Afghan capital Kabul has killed two people, including one foreign soldier, the police said.
Eight others were said to have been injured, including two civilians.Eight others were said to have been injured, including two civilians.
The attack appears to have targeted a US convoy heading for a prison on the capital's eastern outskirts, police official Ali Shah Paktiwal said. The attack appears to have been aimed at a US convoy heading for a prison on the capital's eastern outskirts, police official Ali Shah Paktiwal said.
The suicide attacker used a car which was badly damaged, Mr Paktiwal said, adding that two vehicles belonging to the US military were also destroyed. The suicide attacker used a car which was damaged. Two vehicles belonging to the US military were also destroyed.
The suicide attacker drove into a road in a Toyota Corolla near Kabul's Puli Charkhi prison where American soldiers are building a new wing to accommodate prisoners who will be transferred from Guantanamo Bay, Mr Paktiwal said. Third incidentThe explosion happened on the city's eastern outskirts and was aimed at an American security convoy heading for Puli Charkhi where a prison is being built to house men transferred from Guantanamo Bay.
Both the attacker and his car were blown up in the explosion, he added. Mr Paktiwal said one of those killed was an American and one a Nepalese Gurkha. The interior Ministry said one was American and one Afghan.
Mr Paktiwal said both of the people killed were Americans. But the Afghan interior minister said one of the dead was American, and the other an Afghan national. Both the attacker and his car were blown up in the explosion, Mr Paktiwal said.
Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. The injured are a mixture of foreigners and Afghans. Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.
The BBC's Charles Haviland in Kabul says this is the third lethal bombing in Kabul in the space of two weeks.The BBC's Charles Haviland in Kabul says this is the third lethal bombing in Kabul in the space of two weeks.
Eleven days ago, a bomb attack on an Afghan police bus in Kabul killed up to 35 people and injured more.Eleven days ago, a bomb attack on an Afghan police bus in Kabul killed up to 35 people and injured more.
It was the most devastating bomb attack in Kabul since the Taleban were ousted in 2001.It was the most devastating bomb attack in Kabul since the Taleban were ousted in 2001.
Taleban rebels said they had carried out the attack.Taleban rebels said they had carried out the attack.