In Afghanistan, twelve people, including a US and a Romanian service member were killed and 42 others injured in a suicide car bombing in Kabul today.

According to the Afghan Interior Ministry, the attack took place when a suicide car bomber detonated his explosive close to a National Directorate of Security (NDS) checkpoint in the heavily fortified area in downtown Kabul.

The ministry did not provide further details about the attack.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and claimed to have targeted a foreign forces convoy which was entering an NDS facility in the area.

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