Suicide Attack in Kabul; Vote Counting Nears End

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KABUL (Reuters) - A Taliban suicide fighter killed himself and wounded at least seven others, including three members of a NATO (news - web sites)-led peacekeeping force, in a grenade attack on a busy shopping street in central Kabul on Saturday.

The attack in the Afghan capital came as election workers entered the closing stages of a marathon count from a landmark presidential poll on Oct. 9, with incumbent Hamid Karzai polling 54.6 percent of the votes tallied so far.
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"The Taliban takes responsibility for the suicide attack in Kabul. This was an Afghan Taliban Mujahadid (holy warrior), and we plan more attacks," Taliban spokesman Mullah Latifullah Hakimi told Reuters by satellite telephone.

ISAF's Poulain said seven people were wounded in the blast. One of the ISAF troops was in a serious condition, while the other two were slightly hurt. There were no details on their nationalities.

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