Five injured as car bomber hits NATO convoy in Kabul

NATO’s Resolute Support Mission said none of its members were injured in the incident

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Afghan security personnel (L) keeps watch next to a damaged car belonging to foreigners, after a bomb blast in Kabul, Afghanistan August 22, 2015 Photo: Reuters .
 

KABUL: Five civilians were wounded when a car bomber attacked a Danish convoy belonging to the NATO-led international mission in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Sunday, security officials said.

Captain William Salvin, a spokesman for NATO’s Resolute Support Mission, confirmed an attack had occurred and said a team was on the scene to recover the vehicle.

“There are no Resolute Support casualties as a result of the explosion,” Salvin said in an emailed statement.

Afghan security officials said a car bomb had been used in the attack on the convoy.