Bomber kills 4 near U.S. embassy in Afghanistan

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Source: Reuters

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed four people near the U.S. embassy in Kabul Thursday, underscoring Afghanistan's deteriorating security, but a U.N. Security Council delegation said the situation was not out of control.

Violence in Afghanistan has reached its worst level this year since U.S. soldiers and their Afghan allies toppled the Taliban in 2001, raising doubts about international efforts to bring stability despite an increasing number of foreign troops.

The suicide car-bomber blew himself up as military convoy was passing on a road about 150 meters (yards) from a traffic junction with access to the U.S. embassy and the Health Ministry.

The presidential palace said four civilians were killed. Twenty people, all civilians, were wounded, a Health Ministry doctor said.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSISL35197120081127

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1. recommend -- all of bush's military adventures have been disasters. nt

[High Plains]

2. Ho-hum, another day, another Afghan bombing...