Six die in Afghan suicide attack

Three Afghan civilians and three foreign troops have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack north of the capital, Kabul, officials say. The attack occurred in Kapisa province, where US and French troops are deployed as part of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf). The explosive-laden car rammed into a military convoy in Sayat district. Kapisa is a strategically important province, near Bagram air base and close to the Kabul-Jalalabad highway. Afghan officials say the district is frequently used by militants as a stopover on their way to carry out attacks in the capital. "Three Isaf service members were killed and one injured after an improvised explosive device attack in eastern Afghanistan this [Tuesday] morning," Isaf said in a statement. The US military and an Isaf official said separately that the bomb had hit US troops. Afghan interior ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary said the target of the attack was a convoy of international forces. "The initial report we have received says three civilians were killed and three wounded," news agency AFP quoted Mr Bashary as saying. The civilians were passers-by and it was not yet clear who they were, he said.