<p>The Taliban claimed responsibility for Saturday’s bombing, which came hours after the insurgent group slammed the United States for dragging Afghanistan into war following the attacks in the United States.<br /><br />An 8-year-old boy was among those killed in the bombing at a Nato combat outpost in Wardak province, about 50 km south of the capital Kabul, the governor’s office said in a statement. Fourteen civilians were also wounded.<br /><br />None of the injuries to Afghans or foreigners were life-threatening, Nato-led International Security Assistance Force said in a separate statement about the attack in Sayed Abad district of Wardak.<br /><br />“The majority of injured ISAF personnel will likely return to duties shortly,” ISAF said in a statement, adding that although the entrance and perimeter wall of the base had been damaged, the barriers had now been repaired.<br /><br />In a statement emailed to media, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the truck used in the attack was packed with 9 tonnes of explosives and more than 100 foreign troops were killed or wounded.<br /><br />Doctor Muslim, the governor of Sayed Abad district, said the blast had also badly damaged the buildings that house the district government, and his cook was among the dead.<br />“The blast was so powerful that it knocked me down from my bike,” said Khan Mohammad, a farmer who was passing by at the time of the attack.</p>
<p>The Taliban claimed responsibility for Saturday’s bombing, which came hours after the insurgent group slammed the United States for dragging Afghanistan into war following the attacks in the United States.<br /><br />An 8-year-old boy was among those killed in the bombing at a Nato combat outpost in Wardak province, about 50 km south of the capital Kabul, the governor’s office said in a statement. Fourteen civilians were also wounded.<br /><br />None of the injuries to Afghans or foreigners were life-threatening, Nato-led International Security Assistance Force said in a separate statement about the attack in Sayed Abad district of Wardak.<br /><br />“The majority of injured ISAF personnel will likely return to duties shortly,” ISAF said in a statement, adding that although the entrance and perimeter wall of the base had been damaged, the barriers had now been repaired.<br /><br />In a statement emailed to media, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the truck used in the attack was packed with 9 tonnes of explosives and more than 100 foreign troops were killed or wounded.<br /><br />Doctor Muslim, the governor of Sayed Abad district, said the blast had also badly damaged the buildings that house the district government, and his cook was among the dead.<br />“The blast was so powerful that it knocked me down from my bike,” said Khan Mohammad, a farmer who was passing by at the time of the attack.</p>