Nato troops killed by Taliban attack in Kabul

Three soldiers have been killed and five wounded after a car packed with explosives rammed into the gates of a United States military base in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday.

Two of the soldiers were identified as American and a third Polish, all of whom were part of the International Security Assistance Force, the US-led coalition of armed forces in Afghanistan.

The attack took place just outside an American Special Operations base, close to the country’s international airport, where a Taliban insurgent drove a car packed with explosives into a convoy.

Taliban spokesperson, Zabiullah Mujahid, stating the group was claiming responsibility for the bombing in a Twitter post.

The latest attack comes after an Afghan soldier killed a US solider on Monday night, in an “insider” or “green-on-blue” attack. Earlier this year a US general was killed in a similar “green-on-blue” attack.

ISAF though, said it will continue to train and advise Afghan security forces "and does not view these incidents as representative of the positive relationship between our forces.

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