Taliban rival claims Kabul

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In reply to Afghanistan: Powerful Bomb kills 15, including 6 Americans; Hizb-e-Islami claims responsibility

Taliban rival claims Kabul blast that leaves at least 15 dead, including two U.S. troops
By Pamela Constable and Sayed Salahuddin, Washington Post, May 16, 2013

KABUL — An Islamist militant group once allied with the United States and considered more moderate than the Taliban appeared to be behind a rush-hour suicide bombing in the Afghan capital Thursday morning that killed at least 15 people — two American troops, four civilian NATO contractors and nine Afghan civilians, including children walking to school.

It was the first major terrorist attack in Kabul since March, when Taliban suicide bombers struck a military convoy during a visit by newly appointed U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, killing 14. The bombing Thursday made May the deadliest month this year for NATO forces, with 18 killed.

In Washington, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed that two U.S. service members had died in the attack, but the nationalities of the four dead NATO contractors have not been made public [....]

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Taliban rival claims Kabul