Taliban Claim Blast At NATO Base In Kabul -- Yahoo News/Reuters
KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb that killed seven people on Saturday in the heart of the Afghan capital's most secure district five days before an election the Islamist group has vowed to disrupt.
Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said at least seven people were killed and nearly 100 wounded in the blast outside the sprawling headquarters of the NATO-led international force, near the U.S. embassy, in Kabul.
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