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Afghan suicide attack kills army troops in Kabul | |
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At least seven Afghan soldiers have died and many were injured after suicide bomber targeted a bus carrying troops in the Afghan capital Kabul. | |
A second bus was hit by a suicide bomber elsewhere in the city, injuring two soldiers and two civilians. | |
The Taliban said they had carried out the attacks. | |
The blasts come a day after Afghan and US officials signed a deal letting US troops stay in Afghanistan after the end of 2014. | |
The Taliban has called the deal a "US-orchestrated sham". | |
The agreement was authorised by new Afghan president Ashraf Ghani, who was sworn in on Monday. | |
On that same day, two bombs killed at least 15 people in Kabul and Paktia provinces. |