'Five troops killed' in Kabul blast

Thirteen people killed when a suicide bomber rammed a military convoy in Afghanistan included five coalition troops and eight civilian contractors, Nato has said.

Thirteen people killed when a suicide bomber rammed a military convoy in Afghanistan included five coalition troops and eight civilian contractors, Nato has said.

The organisation had initially reported that all 13 killed in the Kabul attack were service members. But after further identification, it confirmed that eight were civilians working for the coalition.

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