The Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed 3 foreign service members in Afghanistan. Officials say five service members and more than a dozen Afghans were wounded. (Sept. 16)
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Kabul, Afghanistan – 16 September, 2014
1. Various troops after bombing
2. SOUNDBITE Voice of Translator, Ahmad Ajmal, Eyewitness:
(transcript below)
3. Various wounded Afghans in hospital
VOICE-OVER SCRIPT:
THE TALIBAN HAVE CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR A SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK THAT KILLED AT LEAST THREE FOREIGN SERVICE MEMBERS IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN.
A STATEMENT FROM THE NATO-LED FORCES SAID FIVE OTHER SERVICE MEMBERS WERE WOUNDED.
THE STATEMENT DIDN’T SAY WHICH COUNTRY THE SERVICE MEMBERS WERE FROM.
OFFICIALS SAY THE ATTACKER BLEW UP A CAR NEXT TO A MILITARY CONVOY.
SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Voice of Translator, Ahmad Ajmal, Eyewitness:
(TRANSLATOR READ)
“I was in the vehicle, it was very crowded, when I got out of vehicle and started walking, an explosion happened, the same vehicle I was in is there and destroyed.
KABUL POLICE SAY MORE THAN A DOZEN AFGHANS WERE WOUNDED.
SANDY KOZEL, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.