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Article: Blast kills 2 GIs, 16 Afghans: Kabul suicide attack targets U.S. convoy.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- September 9, 2006
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Byline: Kim Barker
Sep. 9--KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide bomber rammed his car into a U.S. military convoy Friday, killing two U.S. soldiers and at least 16 Afghans. At least 29 people were injured, including two U.S. soldiers. The blast was the deadliest in the country's capital since the fall of the Taliban in late 2001. The attack happened about 10:30 a.m. in the heart of Kabul, near the U.S. Embassy. It destroyed a U.S. Humvee, turning it into a twisted hunk of black metal. Army uniforms and engine parts hung from trees; pieces of flesh littered the streets. An Army hat rested on the road, a few feet away from Muslim prayer caps. Soldiers picked up ...