NATO says three foreigners among 10 killed by Afghan car bomb

A suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy travelling through a crowded neighbourhood in Afghanistan’s capital on Saturday, killing at least 10 people, including three foreign contractors, authorities said.The attack struck near the private Shinozada Hospital in Capital’s Macrorayan neighbourhood, the sound of the powerful blast roaring throughout the Capital.

The bombing killed at least nine Afghan civilians and one foreigner and wounded 60, said Wahidullah Mayar, a Health Ministry spokesman. US Col. Brian Tribus, a NATO spokesman, said the three contractors had been killed, without elaborating.Conflicting information is common after such attacks.Najib Danish, a deputy Interior Ministry spokesman, said the attack destroyed more than a dozen of civilian vehicles.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, though the Taliban has stepped up its assaults on Afghan security forces since US and NATO troops ended their combat mission in the country last year.