9 foreigners killed in attack in Afghanistan

As many as nine foreigners, mostly South Africans, have been killed in a bomb attack in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, Press TV reports. The incident took place on Tuesday when a bomber attacked the vehicle carrying the foreigners to Kabul International Airport. Afghan militant group Hezb-i-Islami claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the bomber, a woman, carried out the attack to avenge an anti-IslamUS film. Reports said a bomber blew up the minivan, killing nine foreign workers, their Afghan translator, and two other Afghans. Eight Afghan workers have also been wounded in the bomb attack. A spokesman for NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) confirmed the attack and said that "there are casualties." Violence in Afghanistan has been on the rise in recent months despite the presence of thousands of US-led foreign forces in the war-weary country.