This Article is From Sep 16, 2014

Kabul Blast Was Taliban Suicide Attack on Foreign Convoy: Police

Kabul Blast Was Taliban Suicide Attack on Foreign Convoy: Police

Afghan security forces keep watch at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on September 16, 2014. (Agence France-Presse)

Kabul: A large explosion that ripped through central Kabul on Tuesday was a Taliban suicide attack on a foreign military convoy, police said, as the insurgent group claimed responsibility for the blast.

"It was a suicide car bomber targeting a foreign forces convoy along the airport road," Farid Afzali, chief of the city's police investigation department, told AFP.

The Taliban claimed responsibility via a recognised Twitter account.

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