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Taliban-launched suicide bombing in Kabul targeted coalition convoy

A Taliban suicide bombing targeted but did not kill coalition troops in an attack near Afghanistan's Parliament in Kabul on Sunday.

By JC Finley
U.S. soldiers at Forward Operating Base in Spin Boldak Afghanistan, carry an Afghan civilian to an awaiting medical evacuation helicopter after a suicide bombing at the Afghan-Pakistan border crossing near the base on July 5, 2013. (UPI/ Spc. J. Prevot/ DoD)
U.S. soldiers at Forward Operating Base in Spin Boldak Afghanistan, carry an Afghan civilian to an awaiting medical evacuation helicopter after a suicide bombing at the Afghan-Pakistan border crossing near the base on July 5, 2013. (UPI/ Spc. J. Prevot/ DoD) | License Photo

KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in Kabul Sunday that targeted a coalition convoy.

No coalition soldiers were injured in the attack but four civilians -- two women, a child, and a man -- were killed.

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NATO's International Security Assistance Force is investigating.

Kabul police chief spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai said the suicide bomber, driving a Toyota Corolla, was targeting two heavily armed coalition vehicles near the Afghan Parliament.

The ministry of interior condemned the attack.

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