Taliban attack on NATO compound leaves 7 dead

July 03, 2013 00:31

Taliban attackers set off a bomb at a NATO supply company's compound in Afghanistan early on Tuesday, killing at least seven people and injuring several others.

Before dawn on Tuesday, a suicide bomber blew up a small truck outside the compound in Kabul,according to The Los Angeles Times. The explosion killed two nearby Afghan truck drivers. Four Nepalese guards and another Afghan guard were killed amid gunfire when four other suicide bombers ran into the compound.

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