Suicide car bomber hits coalition convoy in Kabul

A suicide car bomber blew himself up near a convoy of US-led coalition troops on the outskirts of Kabul today, leaving up to seven civilians and three soldiers wounded, Afghan officials said.

The bomber targeted the convoy outside Camp Phoenix, a US base on Kabul’s Jalalabad road, and some foreign troops were also wounded in the blast, said Zemerai Bashary, spokesman for the Interior Ministry.