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KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide attack targeted a base for foreign contract workers in Kabul on Tuesday morning, killing at least two security guards, the authorities said.KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide attack targeted a base for foreign contract workers in Kabul on Tuesday morning, killing at least two security guards, the authorities said.
The attack involved a truck laden with gravel and explosives, which detonated near the gate of the base in the northeastern part of the capital around 6:30 a.m., a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Sediq Sediqqi, said. The explosion could be heard across the city. The Taliban claimed credit for the attack. The attack involved a truck laden with gravel and explosives, which detonated near the gate of the base in the northeastern part of the capital around 6:30 a.m., a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Sediq Sediqqi, said. The explosion could be heard across the city. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
Mr. Sediqqi said that at least two people were killed, both private Afghan security guards, and that several people were wounded. He said there were at least three attackers, all of whom died in the explosion.Mr. Sediqqi said that at least two people were killed, both private Afghan security guards, and that several people were wounded. He said there were at least three attackers, all of whom died in the explosion.
There has been a series of suicide attacks in Kabul over the past week and a half, ending a period of relative calm. The attack Tuesday morning came two days after a suicide bomber targeted a prominent women’s rights activist and lawmaker on Sunday morning near Parliament. That attack wounded its intended victim, Shukria Barakzai, among many others, and killed three people. A week before that, a suicide bomber breached the Kabul police force’s heavily fortified headquarters, killing the chief of staff to the police chief.There has been a series of suicide attacks in Kabul over the past week and a half, ending a period of relative calm. The attack Tuesday morning came two days after a suicide bomber targeted a prominent women’s rights activist and lawmaker on Sunday morning near Parliament. That attack wounded its intended victim, Shukria Barakzai, among many others, and killed three people. A week before that, a suicide bomber breached the Kabul police force’s heavily fortified headquarters, killing the chief of staff to the police chief.