At least 18 people have been killed in a suicide attack in Kabul against a convoy of NATO troops. The bomber detonated a car packed with 750 kilos of explosives over the military in the early hours of the morning in the square Darulaman, near the Parliament and other official buildings.
After several confusing information, the NATO command in Afghanistan’s capital has confirmed that the attack six foreign soldiers have died. Hours earlier, police sources quoted by Reuters, said seven soldiers were killed, five Americans and two Canadians.
About 47 people were injured in the blast. Most of them were waiting for a bus on the road.
Police have built numerous checkpoints in the capital. Kabul has been the victim of several attacks like this in recent months. Security remains a weakness of the international troops and the Hamid Karzai government itself.
Afghan President called the attack “outrageous.” ”We condemn the attack in the most profound way possible. I hope that Afghanistan will not suffer such attacks soon,” he told a press conference on television.
The Afghan insurgency, recently announced a spring offensive against Karzai’s government in response to NATO operations in Kandahar.
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