Downtown area of Kabul (wikimedia/creative commons)

BBC reports that the bomb went off near a compound where the tribal elders of the area were expected to meet in the following week to discuss a security pact with the United States. 

They also report that the Taliban admitted to carrying out the attack.

The explosion occurred only a few hours after the President, Hamid Karza, had spoken about the completed draft of U.S.-Afghan pact that needed to be approved before going to parliament.  The meeting is still intended to proceed, but a discussion on the situation is in order and whether the location will remain the same.

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Of the reported killed, one victim was a police officer while the others are assumed to be civilians.

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