AFGHANISTAN-ATTACK/UPDATE Suicide bombing in Kabul targets foreign forces

Record ID: 136023

  • Title: AFGHANISTAN-ATTACK/UPDATE Suicide bombing in Kabul targets foreign forces
  • Date: 11th October 2015
  • Summary: KABUL, AFGHANISTAN (OCTOBER 11, 2015) (REUTERS) NATO SOLDIERS STANDING AT ATTACK SITE, DEBRIS ON THE GROUND NATO SOLDIERS WALKING PAST DAMAGED ARMOURED VEHICLE SOLDIERS STANDING NEXT TO DAMAGED ARMOURED VEHICLE NATO SOLDIERS STANDING ON STREET, DEBRIS ON THE GROUND NATO SOLDIER STANDING HOLDING A GUN NATION SOLDIER IN VEHICLE WITH A BRITISH FLAG ON IT VARIOUS OF AFGHAN POL
  • Embargoed: 26th October 2015 12:00
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  • Location: Afghanistan
  • Country: Afghanistan
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA4P3D992ALLHKIT5RB98KQ894J
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A suicide car bomber targeted a convoy of foreign troops in the Afghan capital during rush hour-traffic on Sunday (October 11) an official said, flipping an armoured vehicle on its side, but the number of casualties was unknown.
    Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for the attack in the city centre that broke a period of relative calm in Kabul after a series of bombings in August.
    General Abdul Rahman Rahimi, Police chief of Kabul said there were no casualties but three people were slightly wounded.
    "A suicide bomber driving a corolla car hit an armoured vehicle belonging to the foreign forces and exploded. As a result of the blast the armoured vehicle was partly damaged. Fortunately, there were no casualties among the foreign forces or Afghan civilians in the attack. Only three people were slightly wounded," he said.
    TV footage showed an armoured vehicle on its side as Afghan security forces cordoned off the street in the Joi Sheer neighbourhood.
    The U.S.-led Resolute Support military coalition in Kabul confirmed that one of its convoys was struck by a bomb. "No casualties are reported at this time," said spokesman Colonel Brian Tribus.
    The Taliban insurgents fighting to topple the foreign-backed Kabul government claimed responsibility for Sunday's attack, saying it killed a number of foreign troops.
    The group typically inflates casualty figures they inflict on Afghan and coalition forces.
    The attack came during a period of heightened tension following intense fighting between government troops and the Taliban around the northern city of Kunduz, which fell briefly to the insurgent Islamist movement at the end of last month.
    Fighting between government forces and the Taliban continues on the outskirts of Kunduz.
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