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US troops carry the body of a comrade in Kabul yesterday. Photo: Reuters

Taliban suicide bomber strikes in Kabul, leaving three Nato soldiers dead

US troops carry the body of a comrade after a Taliban suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into a Nato convoy close to the US embassy in Kabul yesterday, killing three soldiers and wounding at least 13 Afghan civilians. US and Polish troops gave first aid to bloodstained comrades beside the wrecked remains of a military vehicle, but the nationality of the dead soldiers was not confirmed.

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US troops carry the body of a comrade after a Taliban suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into a Nato convoy close to the US embassy in Kabul yesterday, killing two Americans and one Polish soldier as well as wounding at least 13 civilians.

Nato troops gave first-aid to bloodstained comrades beside the wrecked remains of a military vehicle that was thrown to the side of the road, while city residents carried injured Afghans to hospital. The attack was mounted during morning rush-hour traffic outside the Supreme Court, on a route used by Nato convoys every day. A defence official in Washington confirmed two Americans had died but did not specify if they were soldiers or civilians. An army spokesman in Warsaw said one Polish soldier had been killed.

The Taliban quickly claimed responsibility for the attack on "American terrorists".

All Nato combat soldiers will withdraw by December after 13 years of fighting the Taliban, with a training contingent of 12,000 troops likely to stay on. But the Afghan government is paralysed over disputed election results.

This article appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition as: Suicide bomber strikes in Kabul
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