JALALABAD: A suicide bomber driving a truck attacked an advance NATO combat post in central Afghanistan, wounding 89 people including 50 American soldiers, the United States Army said Sunday.
The Taliban claimed responsibility on their Internet site for Saturday's attack, news of which came as the world marked the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that killed almost 3,000 people in the United States.
US Army spokesman Major David Eastburn said: "It happened at 5:15 pm on Saturday.
"It detonated near the entrypoint at a combat outpost, resulting in 89 wounded in action and a 20-foot hole in the wall."
NATO's International Security Assistance Force said in a statement: "A Taliban suicide bomber detonated a large vehicle-borne improvised explosive device at the entrance of Combat Outpost Sayed Abad, Wardak province, yesterday."
Eastburn said 50 American soldiers were among the injured.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011
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