Suicide Car Bombing Kills 4 Near Kabul Airport
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing Monday at the main gate of Kabul's international airport that killed at least four civilians and wounded 17 others.
Witnesses said the target of the powerful blast was a convoy of armored vehicles transporting government officials.
A Taliban spokesman said the attack targeted "foreign occupation forces."
It follows a series of bombings claimed by the Taliban in recent days in the Afghan capital and elsewhere in the country.
Friday's bombings, which killed more than 50 people, including attacks on a U.S. Special Forces base near the airport as well as an Afghan police academy in Kabul.
On Saturday, a Taliban suicide bombing in northern Kunduz province killed at least 29 people.