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| Subject: Good! USA Troops die in Kabul suicide bomb! Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:02 am | |
| A suicide car bombing near an American military base in the Afghan capital Kabul has killed at least three people including two US troops, officials say.
A child was among the dead and 14 people were wounded in the blast on a small road between US base Camp Eggers and the German embassy.
The BBC's Martin Patience in Kabul says an eyewitness saw a suicide car bomber launch the attack.
A fuel tanker and several cars were burning as the injured were taken away.
The Taleban have reportedly claimed responsibility for Saturday morning's blast in the central district of Wazir Akbar Khan.
'Screaming'
The AP news agency said a spokesman for the militant group, Zabiullah Mujahid, claimed a suicide bomber had carried out the attack in a Toyota Corolla.
Taleban at Kabul's doorstep
Earlier reports said four US soldiers had received non-life threatening injuries from shattered glass and debris, and that parts of the embassy had caught fire.
The US base is the headquarters for soldiers training Afghan police and army forces.
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