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suicide kaboomer blew up a bomb-laden car in Kabul during rush hour on Saturday, killing at least two civilians, as gunnies dial up pressure in the capital amid calls for peace talks.
Several others were maimed in the blast claimed by the Taliban that the Afghan interior ministry said had targeted global security company G4S.
It was the fourth suicide attack in Kabul in three weeks and comes days after the top US general in Afghanistan said protecting the city was "our main effort".
It also comes as the Taliban face growing pressure to take up Afghanistan's Caped President Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..'s offer of peace talks to end the 16-year war. So far it has given only a muted response.
"Around 9:10 am this morning a suicide boom-mobile went
kaboom!in Police District Nine of Kabul," interior ministry front man Najib Danish told AFP.
Two non-combatants were killed and three others were maimed in the attack, Danish said. The blast happened at a time when many people would have been driving to their offices on the first day of the working week.