A huge car bomb has targeted foreign soldiers outside a US-run NATO military base in the Afghan capital, shaking Kabul and injuring several troops and Afghan civilians. The blast took place in the early hours of Friday near Camp Phoenix, the US base on the Kabul-Jalalabad road. Initial reports said a bomber in a white car struck a coalition forces vehicle on its way to the base, where Afghan forces are trained.
Sources said suspected Taliban militants exchanged heavy fire with the NATO troops and fought a pitched battle following the blast. "Three foreign soldiers have been injured, they are possibly American," a criminal investigation chief for the Kabul police said. The official added three civilians were also wounded in the latest attack.
| Six injured and a car blown up? That doesn't sound terribly effective. Perhaps I'm missing something. |