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Soldiers Killed in Suicide Attack at U.S. Base in Kabul Soldiers Killed in Suicide Attack at U.S. Base in Kabul
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KABUL, Afghanistan — Three soldiers with the American-led coalition were killed and five wounded Tuesday after their convoy was targeted in a car bomb attack at the gates of a United States military base in Kabul, according to Afghan government and American military officials. KABUL, Afghanistan — Three soldiers with the American-led coalition were killed and five were wounded Tuesday after a suicide car bomber struck their convoy at the gates of an American military base in Kabul, according to Afghan and American officials.
The attack took place just outside an American Special Operations base, but there was no confirmation from the International Security Assistance Force, as the coalition is called, about the nationalities of the victims. The attack took place just outside an American special operations forces base. There was no confirmation from the International Security Assistance Force about the nationalities of the victims.
A spokesman for the Afghan Interior Ministry, Sediq Sediqqi, said that 13 civilians had been wounded but none killed in the attack. He also said that 17 cars had been damaged. On the same day, the Afghan interior minister confirmed in testimony before Parliament that the past six months had been the deadliest of the 13-year-long conflict with the Taliban, with 1,368 Afghan policemen killed and 2,370 wounded since March 21, the beginning of the current Afghan year. Police casualties have generally run at twice the level of Afghan Army casualties through much of the war.
A spokesman for the Taliban, Zabiullah Mujahid, took responsibility for the bombing in a posting on Twitter and praised the suicide bomber who carried it out. The interior minister, Mohammad Omar Daudzai, also said the Taliban had carried out 700 attacks against the police during that period, and he blamed many of the assaults on foreign fighters joining with Taliban forces — a description commonly understood to mean Pakistani militants.
The attack took place near the crowded Massoud Circle, across from the American Embassy and in front of the military base, in the middle of the morning rush hour. The area is normally heavily congested at that time. A spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Sediq Sediqqi, said that 13 civilians were wounded in Tuesday’s attack, but none were killed. He also said 17 vehicles were damaged.
Mr. Sediqqi said a maroon Toyota Corolla sedan packed with explosives had been used to attack the two-vehicle coalition convoy. A spokesman for the Taliban, Zabiullah Mujahid, claimed responsibility for the bombing in a post on Twitter, and praised the suicide bomber who carried it out. He later said in a statement that the civilian casualties were caused by glass shattering in car windows and were unintentional.
The attack took place near a crowded intersection, Massoud Circle, across from the American Embassy and in front of the military base, around 8 a.m., in the middle of rush hour when the area is usually very congested.
Mr. Sediqqi said the a maroon Toyota Corolla packed with explosives exploded near a two-vehicle ISAF convoy.