A suicide bomber has killed at least 13 US soldiers in the Afghan capital
A suicide adviser in the Afghan capital, Kabul, has dead 13 Americans - 5 International Aegis Assistance Force soldiers and eight noncombatant staff.
The Taliban say one of their militants detonated the explosives-laden car abreast the bus accustomed them, in the Darulaman area. Three Afghan civilians and a badge administrator were aswell killed.
It is one of the affliction arena attacks adjoin adopted troops back 2001.
Such attacks are attenuate in heavily-guarded Kabul.
Separately, three Australian soldiers were dead by a man in Afghan army uniform. Nato said the apache was aswell dead in that advance in the south of the country.
And a boyish babe agitated out a suicide advance on a architecture of the Afghan spy agency, the National Directorate of Security, in the eastern arena of Kunar, killing herself and acid several NDS personnel.
Fewer attacks accept hit Kabul this year, compared to 2010.
But the Taliban and the Pakistan-based Haqqani network, which is affiliated to it, accept still been able to access the city's defences.
In September, the Haqqani arrangement launched an advance on the American admiral and Isaf address which lasted 20 hours.
Vehicles burning
The advance happened abreast Darulaman Palace, the bombed-out bench of Afghanistan's above kings on the south-west outskirts of the capital.
The suicide antagonist active a red Toyota Corolla detonated the bomb just as the bus was casual at 11:20 (06:50 GMT). The armoured bus was destroyed over by the force of the explosion.
Nato helicopters were apparent demography abroad casualties.
"It was a actual able bomb," said one eyewitness, Gulam Saki.
Thick atramentous smoke rose from the arena - and some ambit abroad there were burst windows and broadcast pieces of askance metal, suggesting the bang had been massive.
"A suicide car bomb advance was agitated out on a bus of adopted armament in the Darulaman breadth of Kabul," Taliban agent Zabiullah Mujahid said in a argument bulletin to AFP annual agency.
It was the deadliest adventure back the Taliban attempt down a US helicopter in August, killing 30 US appropriate forces.
Isaf administrator Gen John R. Allen, said he was "saddened and outraged" at Saturday's attacks.
"The enemies of accord are not martyrs, but murderers," Gen Allen said.
"My thoughts and prayers are with the families of those dead and afflicted in today's attacks," Gen. Allen added. "Their sacrifices will be accustomed and the adversary will be captivated to account."
There has been an access in active attacks beyond Afghanistan in contempo months, admitting the attendance of added than 130,000 adopted troops.
But this was a actual cogent attack, says the BBC's Quentin Sommerville in Kabul. It is attenuate for so abounding servicemen to die in a individual incident, our contributor says.
On Thursday the Taliban said it was abaft an advance on a admixture apartment Western admiral and aggressive cadre in the city-limits of Kandahar. The advance was repelled afterwards a diffuse battle.
The US is planning to abjure its troops from Afghanistan and duke over aegis to bounded armament by 2014.
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