Nepali contractor killed in Afghan suicide bombing

A Nepali contractor and an American were killed in a suicide bombing carried out by Taliban insurgents in Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday.

The blast in eastern Kabul killed a Nepali contractor and an American in addition to the bomber, Associated Press said quoting Gen. Ali Shah Paktiawal, head of criminal investigations for Kabul police. Three other American contractors and two Afghans were wounded in the incident.

The blast destroyed one vehicle, which was flung to the side of the road.

Zabiullah Mujaheed, a purported Taliban spokesman, said the militant group was behind the blast, which was set off by a 27-year-old Afghan man named Faizullah from the city of Jalalabad.

"There were two foreigner vehicles that passed near my shop and a third private vehicle hit them, causing the explosion," one Ahmad Shah, whose shop is close to the blast site, told AP. He said the attacker's vehicle and two of the contractors' vehicles caught fire after the explosion.

The identity of the Nepali killed in the bombing is yet to be confirmed. nepalnews.com mk June 28 07