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Kabul suicide bomber kills five Kabul suicide bomber kills five
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A suicide bomber has killed five people, including two British soldiers, on a main road in Kabul, an Afghan police official has said. At least four Afghan civilians and a British soldier have been killed in a suspected suicide bomb attack on a Nato convoy in Kabul, officials say.
The suspected bomber was among those killed in the powerful blast on the Jalalabad Road on Monday morning. Another UK soldier and four civilians were also hurt in the blast on the Kabul-Jalabadad road.
The bomber drove his four-wheel drive vehicle into a convoy of foreign soldiers, the police said. The wounded soldier was very seriously injured, the Ministry of Defence said.
There have been several suicide bombings in Afghanistan this year, but they are relatively rare in Kabul. There have been many suicide bombings in Afghanistan this year, but they are quite rare in Kabul. The UK lost 14 soldiers in a plane crash on Saturday.
Senior police official Ali Shah Pakatiawal told the BBC that three Afghan civilians and two British soldiers died in the blast. A total of 124 people have been killed in suicide attacks in Afghanistan up to 12 August this year, according to a statement issued by the US-led coalition forces operating in Afghanistan.
Four other people were injured in the blast, he said.
Surge in violence
The BBC's Payenda Sargand in Kabul says this is the first time that a four-wheel drive vehicle has been used in a suicide bomb attack in the area.
Last week, an Afghan civilian was killed and an army officer injured in a suicide attack on a Nato-led convoy in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan, police say.
The convoy narrowly escaped being hit by the car bomber.
A total of 124 people have been killed in suicide attacks in Afghanistan up to 12 August this year, according to a statement issued by the US-led coalition forces.
The statement said 84% of the people killed in these attacks were civilians.The statement said 84% of the people killed in these attacks were civilians.
Afghanistan is going through its bloodiest period since the fall of the Taleban in 2001.Afghanistan is going through its bloodiest period since the fall of the Taleban in 2001.
Militants recently stepped up their insurgency against government and foreign forces in the south and east. Hundreds of people have been killed this year as militants and troops have fought fierce battles in the south and east.