(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121120-kabul-10p.photoblog600.jpg)Jawad Jalali / AFP - Getty ImagesA destroyed vehicle is pictured at the scene of a suicide attack in Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul on Nov. 21, 2012. A suicide bomber blew himself up near a NATO base in Kabul's diplomatic district on Wednesday, hitting a military vehicle and killing two people, police and a military spokesman said.By NBC News staff and wire reportsA suicide bomber killed two Afghan guards outside a foreign-run military compound in the main diplomatic area of the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Wednesday, Interior Ministry officials said, an attack that was quickly claimed by the Taliban.
"The bomber killed himself in front of the compound. Two people were killed and two more were wounded, all Afghan guards," said Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danesh.
Follow @NBCNewsWorld (http://twitter.com/NBCNewsWorld) A police official in Kabul told NBC News that the attacker was on foot when he came to the neighborhood in Kabul, where there's a heavy concentration of foreign and NGO offices.
According to the official, the man was recognized by the security guards. They opened fire on him as the suicide attacker threw the grenades at the guards and then detonated himself.
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