At least five people were injured Tuesday when a suicide auto bomb targeted a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation convoy in eastern Afghanistan, according to officials.
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“One civilian and the driver of an armoured vehicle with foreign troops in were injured”, said Ebadullah Karimi, Kabul police spokesperson. He added that the attack was close to an installation used by the National Directorate of Security (NDS), Afghanistan’s intelligence agency.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, making it the second time they targeted a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation convoy in Kabul in the space of a week.
Police said that a convoy carrying global advisers was the target, according to Al Jazeera. A North Atlantic Treaty Organisation spokesman in Kabul, Col. Brian Tribus, confirmed the attack shortly before noon and said the coalition was gathering more information on the incident.
Since then, the Taliban have stepped up attacks targeting Afghan officials, soldiers and local security forces.
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The U.S.-led global forces formally wrapped up combat missions in Afghanistan at the end of previous year but almost 13,000 global security forces remain in the country to advise Afghan forces.
