Blast kills 2 ISAF soldiers, 4 contractors in Kabul

KABUL, May 16 (Xinhua) -- A bomb blast that rocked Afghan capital Kabul claimed the lives of six service members including two soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on Thursday, the alliance said in a statement released here.

"Two International Security Assistance Force service members and four ISAF contracted civilians died following an improvised explosive device attack in Kabul, Afghanistan today," the statement added.

However, it did not identify the nationalities of the victims, saying it is ISAF policy to defer casualty identification procedures to the relevant national authorities.

In the blast, according to Kabul police, six Afghan civilians were killed and 35 others injured.

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