Afghanistan Latest: At Least 12 Killed by Car Bomb This Morning

Photo: ReutersA female car bomber has killed at least 12 people, nine of them foreigners, this morning.

The attack took place at about 6:45 a.m. (0215 GMT) on the edge of the capital Kabul near the airport. The bomber blew herself up alongside a minivan, carrying foreigners who worked for the courier company ACS. Two police were wounded. 

A senior police officer said six of the dead foreigners were Russian and South Africans. One of the Afghans killed was a street-side tyre fixer.

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