Afghanistan suicide blast targets ISAF convoy

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The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that killed at least 17 people after a car rammed into a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul, the Afghan capital.

The attack on Saturday killed 13 service members from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), according to an ISAF spokesperson, as well as a police officer and three civilians.

A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that the killed service members are all from the US.

Al Jazeera's Bernard Smith reports from Kabul.