Taliban claim suicide attack on contractor camp in Kabul
The Taliban claimed responsibility for a truck bomb attack on a compound for civilian contractors near Kabul airport on January 4, hours after a suicide bomber blew himself up in the latest in a series of attacks in the Afghan capital over the past week.
At least 30 Afghan civilians, including nine children, were wounded in the attack on Camp Baron, a heavily protected residential compound for civilian technical contractors close to the city's main airport.
A truck packed with explosives drove up to the armored gates of the complex before being detonated, smashing windows and sending glass flying and badly damaging nearby houses.
There did not appear to be any casualties inside the compound and there were no immediate details on whether anyone had been killed. A police officer on the scene said he had seen at least three dead bodies.
Medical aid group Emergency, which runs a hospital in Kabul, said it was receiving wounded at its surgical center.
The Taliban, which has stepped up its insurgency since foreign forces ended combat operations last year has claimed a series of attacks on foreign targets in and around Kabul although most casualties have been Afghan civilians.