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| A suicide bomber at the main airport in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has killed two civilians, say officials. | A suicide bomber at the main airport in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has killed two civilians, say officials. |
| The interior ministry said six people had also been wounded. Witnesses say a car bomber rammed the main gate of the airport's military base. | |
| One eyewitness described a four-wheel drive vehicle exploding near a foreign military convoy. | One eyewitness described a four-wheel drive vehicle exploding near a foreign military convoy. |
| Nato-led forces fighting the Taliban have a base at the airport, which is used by civilian and military aircraft. | Nato-led forces fighting the Taliban have a base at the airport, which is used by civilian and military aircraft. |
| The BBC's Chris Morris in Kabul says there are unconfirmed reports that members of Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) were among the casualties. | |
| I saw Landcruisers for the foreigners in front of the gate... then a car hit them then blew up HumayunShopkeeper | |
| "It was a suicide attack outside the main gate of the military base at the airport," Nato officer Colonel Koziel Bart told AFP news agency. | "It was a suicide attack outside the main gate of the military base at the airport," Nato officer Colonel Koziel Bart told AFP news agency. |
| Witnesses described flames rising from the site of the explosion at 0830 (0400 GMT) on Tuesday. The blast rattled windows in the city centre. | Witnesses described flames rising from the site of the explosion at 0830 (0400 GMT) on Tuesday. The blast rattled windows in the city centre. |
| A shopkeeper named as Humayun told AP news agency: "I saw three or four Landcruisers for the foreigners just in front of the gate... then there was a car and it hit them then blew up." | |
| The airport has been targeted in the past by suspected Taliban militants - in 2007, at least one person was killed in a suicide bomb attack there. | The airport has been targeted in the past by suspected Taliban militants - in 2007, at least one person was killed in a suicide bomb attack there. |
| Tuesday's attack follows a massive suicide car bomb last month on Isaf's Kabul headquarters that killed seven Afghan civilians on the spot. | |
| That attack happened just days ahead of the 20 August elections, which were overshadowed by Taliban intimidation and violence. | |
| Our correspondent says the latest bombing occurred despite heightened security amid continuing uncertainty over the result of last month's presidential poll. | |
| The latest partial results showed on Sunday that the incumbent, Hamid Karzai, was close to the 50% threshold needed to avoid a run-off ballot. |