Nine foreigners killed in Afghan attack

At least ten people, including nine foreigners, have been killed in a car bomb attack that hit a minivan carrying foreigners to Afghanistan’s Kabul International Airport.

The attack took place on the eight-lane highway in front of a wedding hall in the Afghan capital on Tuesday.

Reports say a bomber blew up the minivan, killing nine foreign workers and their Afghan translator.

Eight Afghan workers have also been wounded in the bomb attack.

A spokesman for NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) confirmed the attack and said that “there are casualties.”

“There are a lot of casualties. I cannot give you a number at this time,” Kabul police chief Mohammad Ayoub Salangi said.

Security and rescue forces have been sent to the scene of the attack.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack although similar incidents are usually blamed on Taliban militants.

Violence in Afghanistan has been on the rise in recent months despite the presence of thousands of US-led foreign forces in the war-weary country.

The United States and its allies invaded Afghanistan in 2001 as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror.

The offensive removed the Taliban from power, but years into the invasion, insecurity continues to rise across the country.