Foreign
convoy attacked in Afghan capital, three dead
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[December 27, 2013]
KABUL (Reuters) — A suspected
suicide bomber attacked a foreign military convoy on the eastern
outskirts of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Friday, killing at least
three foreign soldiers, police and the NATO-led International Security
Assistance Force (ISAF) said.
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The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack which comes as
President Hamid Karzai deliberates over an agreement allowing U.S.
forces to stay in the country beyond 2014.
ISAF put the death toll at three service members. It gave no more
details.
A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility in a message on his
Twitter account.
"A number of foreign forces were killed and wounded and many
vehicles were also destroyed," the militant spokesman said.
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Many Afghans, including a gathering of 3,000 tribal leaders and
other prominent people, have urged Karzai to sign the U.S. pact
quickly as they worry about security after 2014 when most foreign
forces are leaving.
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Karzai says he does not want to sign until after a presidential
election scheduled for April next year and unless the United States
fulfils a number of his demands.
(Reporting by Mirwais Harooni and Hamid Shalizi,
writing by Maria Golovnina)
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