KABUL, May 21: A suicide car bomb aimed at a US military convoy struck Kabul on Sunday, killing at least two civilians and wounding around eight others, security officials and witnesses said.

The car bomb exploded as the convoy was passing by on a main road about 100 metres from a coalition military base used to train Afghan security forces, US military spokesman Major Chris Miller said.

A US soldier was slightly hurt, Miller said confirming the attack was aimed at the convoy.

Two people were killed and around eight wounded, police and the Nato-led force that also patrols the capital said.

A taxi was used for the bombing, interior ministry spokesman Yousuf Stanizai said. “As a result the bomber himself, a driver of a truck nearby and a civilian passer-by were killed,” he said.—AFP