Three dead after foreign convoy targeted by suicide bomb in Kabul

A Taliban suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into a convoy carrying foreign troops in Kabul earlier today, triggering a massive blast that shook the city and caused the deaths of three soldiers.

The explosion occurred near the main entrance to the heavily fortified US embassy during morning rush-hour traffic, with several people badly wounded.

At the side of the road, foreign troops gave first-aid to some blood-stained fellow soldiers from the convoy, but the nationality of those involved was unclear.

One vehicle from the convoy was thrown off the road and destroyed by the blast, which was also close to the Supreme Court and a military base.

It was the first major attack in the capital for weeks, as Afghan politicians try to end a stalemate over the result of 14 June presidential elections.