Kabul - A suicide bomber on Monday destroyed two vehicles in an attack in a US Embassy convoy travelling in Kabul that injured several people according to initial reports. It was not immediately clear if anyone had been killed in the blast which occurred on a main road often used by US and NATO troops travelling to the eastern city of Jalalabad. A US embassy spokesman cited by the Reuters newsagency said US Ambassador Ronald Neumann was not in the convoy.
Taliban rebels have in recent weeks stepped up their attacks on government and Western-led coalition targets - including suicide attacks while NATO has launched an offensive in the south this month to pre-empt an expected spring offensive by the rebels.
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