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Nato service members killed in Kabul bombing

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Tuesday 18 May 2010 02:01 EDT
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Nato says six of its service members have been killed in today's suicide car bombing in the Afghan capital.

The military alliance did not give details on the nationalities of the dead. Afghan officials have said the bombing also killed at least 12 Afghan civilians and injured 47.

Nato said in a statement that the explosion damaged five of its vehicles and more than a dozen civilian vehicles.

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