The U.S. forces in Afghanistan have suffered Saturday the deadliest attack in months. A car filled with explosives collided with an armoured bus shuttling troops between NATO bases in Kabul.
The ISAF did not confirm nationalities but confirmed that 13 troops were killed on the attack, and one was seriously wounded. However, Afghan and western officials informed later than all the soldiers that were killed were Americans. Also, four Afghan civilians were killed and 8 were bounded in the attack which the Taliban claimed responsibility for.
The Taliban said that they filled the car with 700kg of explosives. An eye-witness said that he saw the vehicle driving at high speed, in an apparent attempt to catch up with the bus. The explosion was sufficient to rip the heavily armoured bus apart and throw it several meters.
Paula Elum
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/29/kabul-suicide-bomb-deaths
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