Suspected suicide bomber kills three

A suspected suicide bomber attacked a bus carrying German peacekeepers through Kabul today, killing at least three soldiers and wounding eight in the deadliest attack on the international force in Afghanistan, US officials said.

The US military at Bagram Air Base also said in its statement that 28 other people were injured, but it did not identify them, or say where they had been located during the explosion.

The International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, bus was travelling from the airport towards eastern Kabul, and was near the city’s customs house when the explosion happened, Kabul Police Chief Basir Salangi said.

“Some foreign people have died and some have been injured,” Salangi said. He said he believed five or six people had been killed and about 11 wounded.

But the US statement said initial reports indicated that three ISAF soldiers were killed and eight wounded when the suspected suicide bomber detonated his vehicle, disabling the bus.