At least six people are reported to have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack on a residential compound in the Afghan capital, officials say.
The attack happened on Kabul's eastern Jalalabad Road and reportedly targeted a compound where many Westerners live, the (BBC) reported. The Taliban has said it carried out the attack, which came shortly after US President Barack Obama left Kabul. At least 17 people were also reported to be wounded, with other blasts and shooting also reported in the area. Obama was in the capital in a surprise visit, addressing the US public live from a military base in Afghanistan.
Speaking a year after Osama Bin Laden's death, he pledged to "finish the job" and end the Afghan war. He was in the country to sign an agreement on future Afghan-US ties with President Hamid Karzai, ahead of a Nato summit.
Source: BNA
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