Updated 2:30 a.m. ET
KABUL, Afghanistan A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of foreign advisers in the Afghan capital on Thursday, police said. The number of dead and wounded was unclear, but a U.S. military vehicle was destroyed in the attack.
Police at the scene tell CBS News at least 5 U.S. advisers and one of their interpreters were killed, but there was no confirmation from U.S. or Afghan officials.
Several civilians, including two children, were also said to have lost their lives.
The Taliban-allied insurgent group Hezb-e-Islami claimed responsibility for the attack, the Reuters news agency reports. A spokesman for the militants told Reuters U.S. military advisers were the targets.
The powerful explosion rattled buildings on the other side of the capital and sent a pillar of white smoke into the sky over eastern Kabul.
Initial reports were that a car bomb exploded in front of a member of parliament's house in the east of the city, Afghan police officer Jahn Agha said.
Kabul provincial police spokesman Hashmad Stanakzi said the suicide bomber attacked the convoy of "foreign advisers" with a car packed with explosives.
"The explosion was very big. It set the nearby buildings on fire," Stanakzi said.
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