Afghan bombing kills 7 near NATO complex
Taliban claim blast just days before election
Posted: August 16, 2009 at 6:07 a.m.
Afghan doctors and workers carry wounded people who were injured by a suicide car bomb explosion at a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan.
A suicide car bomber struck near the front gate of NATO headquarters in Kabul on Saturday, killing seven people and wounding nearly 100 in a daylight attack less than a week before Afghanistan's landmark presidential election.
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