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15 killed in Kabul suicide blast

KABUL: A suicide car bombing killed at least 15 persons including two U.S. soldiers and two foreigners, and injured 29 on Friday in Kabul.

The explosion, targeting a U.S. military convoy, occurred 100 metres outside the U.S. embassy, a police official told Xinhua.

The blast took place three days before the fifth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks in U.S. A coalition statement confirmed that two U.S. soldiers were killed and two injured in the explosion.

The relatively calm Kabul has witnessed rising violence and bloodshed in the past weeks.

— Xinhua

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