Suicide bomber attacks NATO Convoy in Afghanistan Killing 17 Including 13 Americans
Preetam Sagar
Oct. 29, 2011

It is the deadliest single ground attack against the coalition forces in 10 years of war in Afghanistan.

"Five International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) service members and eight ISAF civilian employees died following a suicide vehicle-born improvised explosive device attack in Kabul earlier today," ISAF said in a statement.

The assault on the ISAF convoy took place late in the morning in the Darulaman area in the west of Kabul, It happened near the national museum. .The Taliban later claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it packed a four-wheel-drive vehicle with 700 kg (1,500 pounds) of explosives.

The U.S. Embassy in Kabul and the ISAF commander General John Allen condemned the attacks in a statement later on Saturday.

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