Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has struck near a NATO convoy in the capital, Kabul, killing four civilians. Officials say five other people, including one foreigner, were wounded when the bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a line of vehicles in western Kabul Saturday.
Kabul police authorities say U.S. troops responding to the attack opened fire, mistakenly killing one civilian and wounding another.
Witnesses say civilians in the area responded angrily. U.S. officials say they are investigating the incident.
The U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces have been fighting Taleban militants since the extremist Islamist group was driven from power in 2001. The fight has intensified over the past year. Humanitarian organizations say civilians have been hit hardest by the violence.
The suicide bombing is the third in Afghanistan in two days.
On Friday, a suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy in Uruzgan province. Five Afghan children, four adult civilians and a Dutch soldier were killed. Three Dutch soldiers and several Afghan civilians were wounded.
Separately Friday, a suicide bomber attacked a foreign convoy in the southern city of Kandahar, wounding five civilians. - VOA News
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