Suicide attack on US-Afghan patrol kills 6 coalition soldiers

A suicide bomb attack on a joint U.S.-Afghan patrol has killed six coalition soldiers near Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan.

A suicide bomber on a motorbike attacked a joint U.S.-Afghan patrol near Bagram air base in Afghanistan on Monday, killing five soldiers and wounding six, Bagram District Governor Abdul Shukur Qudusi said.

In a tweet, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed responsibility and said 19 soldiers had been killed and a number wounded.

NATO headquarters in Kabul confirmed there had been a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack near Bagram Air Base and said it was under investigation.

"Six service members were killed in a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attack in the vicinity of Bagram Air Field," a NATO spokesman told AFP.