A suicide car bomb exploded Tuesday on the outskirts of Kabul, killing at least three civilians and setting several vehicles on fire, including one belonging to the U.N., officials said. The Associated Press quoted a U.N. spokesman as saying that three U.N. staff were wounded. The suicide attack on the road leading from Kabul to Bagram Air Base, killed three civilians and wounded 21, Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi said. U.N. spokesman Aleem Siddique said three Afghans working for the United Nations were among the wounded, but there was nothing to indicate that the U.N. vehicle was the target of the attack. British troops were guarding the site of the explosion as rescuers rushed the wounded to hospitals.
