(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) A spokesman for the Taleban said the insurgents claimed responsibility for the attack in which the bomber detonated an explosives-packed vehicle on a main road.A suicide attacker targeted a Nato convoy in Kabul on Sunday killing four civilians and wounding at least 35 others officials said in the latest violence to hit the capital as politicians wrangle over election results.
The Nato force said none of its soldiers had been killed but did not give any details of injuries in the blast which came as foreign troops wind down combat operations at the end of a 13-year war against Taleban insurgents.
“Two children a woman and a man were killed and 35 others were wounded in the attack” Kabul police said in a statement.
A spokesman for the Taleban said the insurgents claimed responsibility for the attack in which the bomber detonated an explosives-packed vehicle on a main road as the Nato convoy passed by.
Ahmad Shah a shopkeeper at the scene said: “I saw several people covered in blood around the area. The blast was huge our windows are shattered. Several vehicles were damaged.”
Nato’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement: “We can confirm that an ISAF convoy was attacked by enemy forces in Kabul on Sunday.
“There are no reports of ISAF fatalities at this time. We sincerely regret the loss of the lives and injury to innocent Afghan civilians caused by the insurgents in this tragic incident.”
US-led foreign troop numbers in Afghanistan have declined from a peak of 150000 in 2012 to just 44300 now.
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