AFGHANISTAN: Suicide bomb wounds six in Kabul

A suicide car bomb attack in Kabul wounds three troops from a U.S. led force and three Afghan civilians. A suicide car bomb wounded three troops from a U.S.-led force and three Afghan civilians in the Afghan capital on Tuesday (July 31), the U.S. military said in a statement. Taliban guerrillas who are fighting against the Afghan government and foreign troops stationed in the country claimed responsibility for the attack, part of rising violence in recent months. The attack occurred near a U.S. base on a main road out of Kabul, said a spokeswoman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Witness Abdul Hamid told Reuters he saw a Mazda car drive into an American convoy. The bomber's car was totally destroyed, he said, while other vehicles were damaged. "There were pieces of body and blood at the scene" he said. A Kabul-based Western security analyst said troops, who had cordoned off the bomb site, opened fire and killed one policeman and wounded three others, but the report could not be verified. Afghan officials were not immediately available for comment and the ISAF spokeswoman could not confirm there had been a shooting incident following the bomb attack. Ousted from power in 2001, the Taliban largely rely on roadside bomb attacks and suicide raids as part of their campaign.

ITN Source | July 31, 2007

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