(11 Aug 2008) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of scene of the attack
2. NATO soldiers at the scene
3. Mid of NATO soldier in armoured personnel carrier
4. Wide of armed men walking towards the scene
5. Mid of NATO soldier talking on military phone
6. Wide of armoured vehicle
7. SOUNDBITE (Dari) no name given, VOX POP:
"I was walking, suddenly I heard a blast and there were three American (NATO) vehicles, the suicide car bomber was trying to hit the convoy, the convoy passed and as a result two or three innocent civilians were killed, their body parts were left at the scene."
6. Wide of emergency crews at the scene
7. Mid of NATO soldiers walking away from scene
STORYLINE:
A suicide bomber rammed his car into a NATO convoy in Kabul on Monday, killing three civilians and wounding at least a dozen, officials said.
The suicide bomber targeted the convoy on the main road in the city's eastern outskirts said Ayub Salangi, the provincial police chief.
The blast also wounded some NATO soldiers, the alliance's press office in Kabul said.
An eyewitness said he heard the explosion first.
"The suicide car bomber was trying to hit the convoy, the convoy passed and as result two or three innocent civilians were killed, their body parts were left at the scene," the man told AP Television.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahed claimed responsibility for the blast, and said a man named Aminullah from the eastern Khost province blew himself up.
Mujahed's claim could not be independently verified.
The attacks come at a time of an increased insurgent activity throughout the country.
The number of insurgent attacks in the first six months of 2008 were over 50 percent higher compared to the same period last year, according to an Afghan security group that advises foreign aid agencies.
Militants regularly target foreign and Afghan troops with suicide and roadside bombings, but the majority of the victims in those attacks are civilians.
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