Photos: Suicide Bomber kills 6 in Afghanistan ahead of U.S. deal talks
November 16, 2013
An Afghan policeman secures an area after a suicide vehicle bomb tore through the area on the outskirts of Kabul, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. The explosion came just hours after President Hamid Karzai announced that U.S. and Afghan negotiators had finished a draft to be presented to the Loya Jirga, whom Kabul says must approve the document before Afghanistan signs it. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( APTOPIX Afghanistan )
Afghan policemen rush to the scene after a powerful suicide vehicle bomb tore through the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. The deadly bomb targeted a site where thousands of elders are to gather next week to discuss a controversial security agreement with the United States, which would allow U.S. troops to remain in Afghanistan after the final withdrawal of international combat troops at the end of 2014, officials said. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan )
Afghan policemen secure the scene after a suicide vehicle bomb tore through Kabul, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan )
An Afghan policeman secures the scene of a powerful suicide vehicle bomb that tore through the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan )
Afghan municipal workers clear the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on November 16, 2013. A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car in west Kabul near a compound where Afghan elders will debate a security pact with the US next week, causing casualties, police said. Around 2,500 tribal elders and civil leaders are expected to take part in an assembly known as a "loya jirga", to decide whether to accept the draft Bilateral Security Agreement between Afghanistan and the US. AFP PHOTO / Massoud HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images ( 524717446 )
Afghan policemen arrive to an area after a suicide vehicle bomb tore through the area on the outskirts of Kabul, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan )
Afghan policemen secure the scene after a suicide vehicle bomb tore Kabul, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan )
Afghan villagers stand near a vehicle following a roadside explosion in Caparhar District Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province on November 16, 2013. At least four police and five civilians were wounded when their vehicle was hit by a remote control bomb, an official said. AFP PHOTO/Noorullah SHIRZADANoorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty Images ( 524713962 )
Afghan police walk at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on November 16, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Aref Karimi/AFP/Getty Images ( 524717741 )
Afghan villagers stand near a vehicle following a roadside explosion in Caparhar District Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province on November 16, 2013. At least four police and five civilians were wounded when their vehicle was hit by a remote control bomb, an official said. AFP PHOTO/Noorullah SHIRZADANoorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty Images ( 524713960 )
Afghan fire fighters clear the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on November 16, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Massoud HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images ( 524717673 )
Afghan police walk at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on November 16, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Massoud HOSSAINI/AFP/Getty Images ( 524717424 )
Afghan fire fighters clear the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on November 16, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Aref Karimi/AFP/Getty Images ( 524717693 )
Afghan police walk at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on November 16, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Aref Karimi/AFP/Getty Images ( 524717726 )
Afghan police move damaged vehicles from the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on November 16, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Aref Karimi/AFP/Getty Images ( 524717763 )
An injured Afghan man looks on at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul on November 16, 2013. AFP PHOTO / Aref Karimi/AFP/Getty Images ( 524717888 )
An Afghan man prays between two police cars near the scene of a powerful suicide vehicle bomb on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan )
Afghan policemen remove a damaged car after a powerful suicide vehicle bomb tore through the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) ( Afghanistan )
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