Six Americans Killed In Suicide Bomb In Afghanistan As Taliban Target NATO Workers -- Daily Mail
* Muslim militant group, Hizb-e-Islami, claimed responsibility for attack
* Powerful explosion rattled buildings on the other side of Kabul
I* dentity of dead Americans has not yet been released
Six Americans were killed this morning in a suicide bomb attack targeting NATO workers in Kabul, according to Afghan and foreign officials.
Their identity has not yet been released - at least fifteen people died in one of the worst attacks in the Afghan capital in months.
Forty people were wounded in the blast at around 8 a.m. local time during the morning rush-hour. It caused heavy damage to mud-built houses in the vicinity.
The Hezb-e-Islami insurgent group, which is allied with the Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack on the two-vehicle convoy.
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