Suicide bomber strikes near US base in Afghanistan
KABUL: A suspected suicide bomber driving an explosives-laden vehicle detonated Sunday while driving towards Afghanistan's biggest US-run military base, authorities said.
The explosion appeared to have happened prematurely on a road about five minutes' drive from Bagram Air Field, 50 kilometers north of the capital Kabul, the interior ministry said.
"Again the enemies of Afghanistan failed to achieve their goal. A suicide bomber with his bomb-filled car detonated before reaching his target," the statement said.
The Taliban claimed credit for the bombing but said it targeted a convoy of "American spies".
On Saturday suicide attacks in the southern provinces of Kandahar and Helmand killed six people and injured dozens.
On the same day, a suicide bomber was captured in the northern province of Badakhshan before he set off his vest, the interior ministry said.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011
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