Taliban attack on supply base in Afghan capital kills six

Afghan security forces keep watch as smoke rises from the site of an attack in Kabul, July 2, 2013. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents including a suicide bomber in a truck killed six people in an attack on a foreign logistics and supply company in Kabul on Tuesday, police said, the latest in a string of daring assaults in the Afghan capital.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the early morning attack in an area in the north of Kabul used by a number of foreign companies supplying NATO forces in Afghanistan.