Suicide bomber strikes at market, hotel complex in Kabul

An ISAF soldier stands guard outside guest houses and the Safi Landmark hotel, the site of a gun battle and car bomb explosion in the Shar-e Naw area of Kabul on February 26, 2010. A suicide bomber set off a huge explosion near an upmarket shopping and hotel complex, and police shot dead two other would-be attackers, officials said. A Frenchman visiting Afghanistan was among at least 17 people killed in a suicide bomb attack on the centre of Kabul, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said. UPI