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| Italian troops die in Kabul blast | Italian troops die in Kabul blast |
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| At least six Italian soldiers have been killed in a bomb attack on a military convoy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, Italian defence officials say. | At least six Italian soldiers have been killed in a bomb attack on a military convoy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, Italian defence officials say. |
| Two military vehicles were reported to have been hit by a suicide car bomb. At least three civilians were also killed and 38 others injured, officials said. | |
| The bomb went off near Kabul's diplomatic quarter in the city centre. | The bomb went off near Kabul's diplomatic quarter in the city centre. |
| The blast comes as Afghan President Hamid Karzai reaffirmed his belief in last month's election process. | The blast comes as Afghan President Hamid Karzai reaffirmed his belief in last month's election process. |
| August's presidential election has been overshadowed by widespread allegations of fraud. | August's presidential election has been overshadowed by widespread allegations of fraud. |
| Bodies | Bodies |
| Witnesses say an explosives-laden vehicle rammed into the Italian military convoy on Kabul's busy airport road. | |
| "It was a suicide car bomb attack... It was against Italian forces," Kabul's chief of criminal investigations told the AFP news agency. | |
| At least four Italian soldiers are also said to have been seriously wounded in the blast. | |
| Eyewitnesses said the explosion shook buildings and that a plume of black smoke hung over the area where it occurred. | |
| I was walking to my shop when I heard a huge blast and then thick black smoke," local resident, Sawad, told AFP. | |
| Two civilians and a soldier with the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) were seen lying by the roadside after the blast, while another foreign soldier was badly burnt, the agency reported. | Two civilians and a soldier with the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) were seen lying by the roadside after the blast, while another foreign soldier was badly burnt, the agency reported. |
| Photographs and television footage of the blast site showed the Italian flag on Isaf armoured vehicles, one of which was destroyed. | Photographs and television footage of the blast site showed the Italian flag on Isaf armoured vehicles, one of which was destroyed. |
| There have been several bomb attacks in Kabul this year. | There have been several bomb attacks in Kabul this year. |
| Shortly before nationwide elections in August, Nato's Kabul headquarters was hit by a suicide car bomb attack which killed seven Afghan civilians. | Shortly before nationwide elections in August, Nato's Kabul headquarters was hit by a suicide car bomb attack which killed seven Afghan civilians. |
| US and Nato-led forces across Afghanistan are battling a fierce Taliban insurgency. There are about 2,800 Italian troops in the country. | |
| Are you in Kabul? Did you witness the explosion? Send us your accounts using the form below. | Are you in Kabul? Did you witness the explosion? Send us your accounts using the form below. |
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