12 killed in Taliban bomb attack on NATO compound in Afghanistan

By artappraiser on Tue, 07/02/2013 - 8:11pm |

By Amir Shah, Associated Press, July 2, 2013

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide truck bomber followed by heavily armed men stormed a NATO supplier's compound Tuesday in Kabul, prompting a gunbattle that left a dozen people dead in the latest Taliban attack on a high-profile target in the Afghan capital.

The bold strikes have signalled the Islamic militant movement has no plans to suspend its campaign of violence even though they have agreed to embark on a U.S.-led peace process.

The violence began before dawn when the bomber drove a small truck packed with explosives to the outer gate of the logistics centre used to supply NATO troops and detonated it [.....]

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