Kabul: At least five civilians were killed and 15 others injured when a suicide bomber attacked a Nato convoy in Afghanistan Kapisa province on Friday.
Officials said that the bomber targeted the convoy with a his car, adding that no Nato troops were killed or injured in the attack in a village in Tagab district in the province.
The explosion destroyed the wall of a house, killing four civilians inside, while a passerby on a motorcycle also died and 15 people were wounded.
A spokesman for Taliban insurgents, Zabihullah Mujahid, said in a text message to AFP that 12 American troops had been killed and wounded. The Taliban regularly exaggerate their battlefield actions.
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