Suicide car bomb rocks Afghan town, wounds 7 civilians

A suicide car bomb explosion shocked Sabari district in eastern Khost province on Saturday, wounding seven civilians, provincial police chief Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai said.

"It was a suicide car bomb attack happened at 04:00 p.m. local time next to a convoy of NATO-led forces but wounding seven civilians including five children, a man and a woman,"Ishaqzai told Xinhua.

He did not say if there were any casualties on foreign troops.

However, he added that the suicide bomber was killed in the blast.

Hamidullah Kadukhil, director of health department in Khost province in talks with Xinhua, confirmed that seven injured persons had been taken to hospital, but did not provide more details.

Meantime, Zabihullah Mujahid who claims to speak for the Taliban outfit claimed of responsibility and in talks with media via telephone from unknown location insisted that some foreign soldiers were killed in the blast.

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