A suicide bomber struck a foreign motorcade travelling through the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday. killing at least three NATO troops.<br /><br />The huge blast, which the Taliban has claimed responsibility for, happened right next to the heavily fortified US embassy.<br /><br />More than a dozen people were wounded.<br /><br />Eyewitnesses described how the blast destroyed several cars.<br /><br />Ahmad Ajman, who was in a nearby vehicle, said: “When I got out and started walking, the explosion happened. The same type of car that I was in was destroyed. The target was an American car. A lot people were killed and wounded and I saw them them being evacuated to hospital.”<br /><br />The Taliban has stepped up attacks recently, exploiting the uncertainty over the results of the recent presidential election.<br /><br />Analysts say this blast compounds fears that Afghan forces will struggle to maintain security after the withdrawal of NATO troops from the country at the end of the year.
