Kabul car bomb kills 2 NATO troops, 4 contractors
By AMIR SHAH and KATHY GANNON, Associated Press
May 16, 2013 5:42 AM CDT
An Afghan man pours water over the head of his friend, left, who claims he has lost all his children at the scene where a suicide car bomber attacked a NATO convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, May 16, 2013. A Muslim militant group, Hizb-e-Islami, claimed responsibility for the early morning attack,...   (Associated Press)

NATO says two of its service members and four civilian contractors were killed when a suicide car bomber struck a convoy belonging to the military alliance in the Afghan capital.

At least two children also died in Thursday's powerful explosion in eastern Kabul. The attacker rammed a car packed with explosives into the convoy as it passed the home of an Afghan lawmaker.

NATO has not confirmed the nationality of the killed troops and contractors.

A Muslim militant group, Hizb-e-Islami, claimed responsibility for the attack.

The group says it struck an American convoy on Thursday and that it has formed a special "martyrdom" unit to attack foreign troops.

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