Truck bomb kills two in attack on foreign base in Kabul

(Reuters) - A truck bomb ripped through the outer perimeter of a foreign security compound in Afghanistan's capital early on Tuesday, killing two Afghan security guards and wounding a foreigner, police and security sources said.

The jihadist Afghan Taliban, ousted from power by a U.S.-led coalition in 2001, claimed responsibility for the attack on the compound on the eastern outskirts of Kabul.

Two insurgent fighters armed with guns tried to enter the compound after the explosion, but were shot dead by guards on the inside, officials said.

"They blew the main wall and the guys nailed them as they tried to enter. The outer wall was breached," a Western security official said.

Attacks on foreign troops, Afghan government officials and security forces have intensified as the international military coalition draws down operations, leaving the fight against the Taliban insurgency mostly to Afghan forces.  Read More