Kabul suicide bombing of NATO convoy kills 15

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A suicide car bomb targeted a foreign military convoy in Kabul on Thursday, killing 15 people including five Americans in the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital for nearly a year, officials said.

The powerful explosion, which struck at 8 am in the Shah Shaheed southeastern residential district, also injured 37 passers-byofficials said.

Hezb-i-Islami, an insurgent group that is independent from Taliban militant forces, claimed responsibility for the attack. 

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