At least 13 U.S. Service members were killed in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday when a suicide bomber struck a vehicle in a NATO military convoy, NATO and U.S. Military officials said.
The U.S. Official emphasized details are continuing to unfold. A heavily damaged vehicle is believed to be an armored bus that was carrying U.S. Troops in the convoy.
The deaths were the largest single-day U.S. Loss in Afghanistan since the August crash in Afghanistan's Wardak province that killed 38 people, including 22 Navy SEALs.
Saturday's attack caused a "number" of NATO and local Afghan casualties, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said in a statement
Four Afghans also were reported dead. It was unclear how many people were wounded, said Sediq Sediqqi, a spokesman for Afghanistan's Interior Ministry. Ref. CNN
16 Coalition Personnel Killed in Afghanistan Attacks
US Military News
A car bomb smashed into a coalition convoy in Kabul today killing 13 coalition personnel, and a second attack in southern Afghanistan took the lives of three more coalition personnel when a man wearing an Afghan National Army uniform opened fire on the troops, NATO officials said.
Source: American Forces Press Service News Feed
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