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| A suicide car bombing near an American military base in the Afghan capital Kabul has killed at least three people including two US troops, officials say. | A suicide car bombing near an American military base in the Afghan capital Kabul has killed at least three people including two US troops, officials say. |
| A child was among the dead and 14 people were wounded in the blast on a small road between US base Camp Eggers and the German embassy. | A child was among the dead and 14 people were wounded in the blast on a small road between US base Camp Eggers and the German embassy. |
| The BBC's Martin Patience in Kabul says an eyewitness saw a suicide car bomber launch the attack. | The BBC's Martin Patience in Kabul says an eyewitness saw a suicide car bomber launch the attack. |
| A fuel tanker and several cars were burning as the injured were taken away. | A fuel tanker and several cars were burning as the injured were taken away. |
| The Taleban have reportedly claimed responsibility for Saturday morning's blast in the central district of Wazir Akbar Khan. | |
| 'Screaming' | |
| The AP news agency said a spokesman for the militant group, Zabiullah Mujahid, claimed a suicide bomber had carried out the attack in a Toyota Corolla. | The AP news agency said a spokesman for the militant group, Zabiullah Mujahid, claimed a suicide bomber had carried out the attack in a Toyota Corolla. |
| KABUL ATTACKS July 2008: More than 50 people die in Indian embassy bombingOct 2008: Three die in a shooting near DHL courier firm officeNov 2008: Suicide attack near US embassy kills four Afghans class="" href="/1/hi/world/south_asia/7555996.stm">Taleban at Kabul's doorstep | |
| Earlier reports said four US soldiers had received non-life threatening injuries from shattered glass and debris, and that parts of the embassy had caught fire. | |
| The US base is the headquarters for soldiers training Afghan police and army forces. | |
| Dozens of armed Afghan security personnel guard the narrow street and blast walls of concrete and sand-filled mesh-wire boxes line the road. | |
| Reuters news agency reported that relatives of the dead had gathered outside a nearby hospital. | |
| A middle-aged woman was beating her head and screaming that her son had died and another man was crying, saying his son had also been killed. | |
| Despite the heavy security in the district, which houses many embassies and offices of international organisations, but the district has been attacked before. | |
| In November, four Afghans died in another blast nearby, outside the American embassy. | In November, four Afghans died in another blast nearby, outside the American embassy. |
| The militants' influence has spread from their traditional heartlands in the south and east to areas closer to the capital. | The militants' influence has spread from their traditional heartlands in the south and east to areas closer to the capital. |
| But our correspondent says that with increased police checkpoints throughout the city, there were fewer attacks inside Kabul in 2008 than in the previous year. | But our correspondent says that with increased police checkpoints throughout the city, there were fewer attacks inside Kabul in 2008 than in the previous year. |
| US President-elect Barack Obama has pledged to make Afghanistan a foreign policy priority after he comes to office on Tuesday and is expected to approve the doubling of US troops in the country from the 30,000 at present. | US President-elect Barack Obama has pledged to make Afghanistan a foreign policy priority after he comes to office on Tuesday and is expected to approve the doubling of US troops in the country from the 30,000 at present. |
| Are you in the area? Have you been affected by this incident, or have you seen or heard anything? Send your comments or pictures using the form below. | Are you in the area? Have you been affected by this incident, or have you seen or heard anything? Send your comments or pictures using the form below. |