Afghanistan: Three killed in Taliban suicide attack against EUPOL convoy in Kabul

At least three people were killed and 18 more left injured when a suicide bomber, believed to a be a member of the Taliban, rammed a car packed with explosives into a convoy of foreign troops close to the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Sunday. The convoy of international troops was on its way from the airport to a nearby NATO military installation when the attack took place. Initial reports state that two women and one child were killed in the explosion. The European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL Afghanistan) released a statement on their website confirming that a number of their vehicles were hit in the attack and that one non-mission member, a foreign national, was killed and three mission members were left injured but not fatally. Following the attack, the Taliban, who in April began a spring offensive in Afghanistan, released a statement on social media claiming responsibility for blast.