NATO troops and Afghan police killed in blast
Four NATO soldiers and two policemen killed in suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan.
At least four NATO soldiers and two policemen have been killed in a suicide blast in eastern Afghanistan that also injured more than 10 civilians, police said.
ISAF, the NATO-led international force in the country, released a separate statement confirming four of its troops were killed.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in a text message to the Reuters news agency.
The attack came a day after Afghan presidential contender Abdullah Abdullah’s camp rejected preliminary results of last month’s run-off election as a “coup” against the people, putting him on a dangerous collision course with his rival, Ashraf Ghani.
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned on Tuesday that any attempt to take power illegally following a disputed presidential election run-off would cost Afghanistan US support.
“I have noted reports of protests in Afghanistan and of suggestions of a ‘parallel government’ with the gravest concern,” he said in a statement issued by the US embassy in Kabul.
“Any action to take power by extra-legal means will cost Afghanistan the financial and security support of the United States and the international community.”
Security has been deteriorating in Afghanistan as most ISAF forces prepare to leave the country after 12 years of war against the Taliban.
