Suicide bombing rocks Afghan city
KABUL. October 1. KAZINFORM A suicide bombing in the eastern Afghan city of Khost has killed at least 13 people, three of them Nato soldiers, officials say.
Nato said an interpreter was among the dead. It has not confirmed the troops' nationalities.
Local Afghan officials said the attacker waited until the troops left their vehicles before detonating his explosives. Several police were killed, Kazinform has learned from BBC.
Another 60 people were injured. The number of dead may rise, officials say.
The attack was on a coalition convoy passing through a crowded part of Khost, reports the BBC's Quentin Sommerville in Kabul.
He says American troops serve in the area - although an announcement on the nationality of the soldiers is still awaited.
Khost, like other parts of eastern Afghanistan, has seen a dramatic rise in violence.
The Taliban-affiliated Haqqani network regularly mount large-scale attacks and suicide bombings in the area.