KABUL: A Taliban suicide car bomber targeting a Nato base at Jalalabad airport in eastern Afghanistan killed nine people on Monday, following days of deadly anti-US protests over the burning of the Quran.
Six civilians, an Afghan soldier and two local guards were killed, police said, but there were no reports of Nato casualties, according to a spokesman for the US-led International Security Assistance Force.
Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for the blast, saying it was in revenge for the burning of Qurans at a US military base, taking the toll in six days of violent protests across the country to around 40 people.
"The foreign forces have insulted our religion and this attack was revenge," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told.
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