KABUL — A Taliban suicide bomber disguised as a woman wearing a burqa blew himself up in a market in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing four French soldiers, officials said.
The French forces were responding to a report of a bomb planted under a bridge in the main market area of Kapisa province’s Nijrab district when the bomber walked up to them and detonated his explosives, said Qais Qadri, a spokesman for the provincial government.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack.
France’s defense ministry confirmed the nationality of the dead and said another five French soldiers were wounded in the blast. The ministry said they were on an operation supporting the Afghan army but did not provide details.
Qadri said four Afghan civilians were also wounded.
