The deputy chief of Kabul police, Sayed Gulagha has confirmed it was an explosion and says it appears to have occurred near a busy shopping district.
A Taliban suicide car bomb attack on a convoy of NATO troops in Kabul on Tuesday wounded 21 Afghan civilians and killed one, police and witnesses said.
Two coalition soldiers suffered light wounds, a U.S. public affairs officer said in a statement. The troops had been travelling in armoured vehicles specially designed to withstand mines and roadside bombs, while the Afghan casualties were mostly pedestrians outside a row of shops.
A Taliban spokesman used Twitter to claim responsibility for the attack, saying an American vehicle had been destroyed.
The health ministry said five of the wounded in the Kabul attack were in a serious condition and children were among the casualties.
The attacker used a Toyota saloon and struck as the convoy of three trucks passed a row of shops on the main road running between the airport and the U.S. embassy.
"A suicide bomber in a Corolla detonated his car loaded with explosives near coalition force’s convoy," police spokesman Ebadullah Karimi said.
The force of the blast rattled windows in the capital's heavily guarded diplomatic enclave and sent a huge column of grey smoke skywards.
It was the second major attack in the capital since the start of Ramadan. The Taliban had rejected a request for a ceasefire during the Muslim fasting month, and the militants' summer offensive has continued unabated despite exploratory talks earlier this year between Afghan and Taliban officials in Qatar.
It comes a week after an audacious attack on the nation's parliament, which highlighted the ability of insurgents, who have been fighting to overthrow the Kabul government for almost 14 years, to enter the highly fortified capital to stage deadly attacks.
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20:31 IST Tuesday, 30 June 2015
No Indian national hurt in today's Kabul attack
Official sources said no Indian national was hurt or Indian asset damaged in the blast which happened three km away from country's embassy.
"It was a suicide car bomber targeting a convoy of foreign forces in Kabul," Afghan interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said about the attack.
17:27 IST Tuesday, 30 June 2015
Taliban has claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack in Kabul that has killed atleast 1.
15:45 IST Tuesday, 30 June 2015
According to TOLO News Twitter handle, “Public Health Ministry says 17 people including 3 women, 3 children were wounded in the explosion.”
15:21 IST Tuesday, 30 June 2015
15:21 IST Tuesday, 30 June 2015
According to Reuters, police and security officials said a suicide bomber attacked a convoy of foreign troops serving with NATO on the main road running between Kabul's airport and the US embassy.
The road was closed off, and Reuters witnesses saw damaged NATO military vehicles. The force of the blast rattled windows in the capital's heavily guarded diplomatic enclave.
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