A Taliban suicide car bomber struck a British forces convoy in central Kabul Sunday, triggering a powerful explosion in an attack that comes two weeks after the resurgent militant group overran a key northern city. The rush-hour bombing, which sent a plume of smoke into the sky, wounded at least three civilians including a child, as the Taliban ramp up attacks on government and foreign targets.
The intensity of the blast sent an armoured vehicle crashing into a sidewalk, its front end badly mangled, and left the area littered with charred pieces of twisted metal.
"The incident took place while a suicide car bomber detonated an explosive-packed car in the Joy Shir area... of Kabul city," the interior ministry said.
"The target of the attacker were the foreign forces convoy."
Security forces cordoned off the area as ambulances with wailing sirens rushed to the scene, but the ministry said the human toll of the blast was limited. "The ministry of interior condemns in the strongest terms the suicide attack which resulted in the wounding of three civilians," it said. The Kabul police said the wounded included a woman and a child.