By the CNN Wire Staff
May 18, 2010 8:25 a.m. EDT
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW: Five Americans among 6 ISAF service members killed
Suicide car bomb also kills 12 civilians, wounds 48, officials say
Taliban claim responsibility for attack near military recruiting post
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Five U.S. service members were among the 18 people killed in a suicide car bombing Tuesday in Kabul, a U.S. defense official confirmed.
Women, children and a NATO-led soldier also were killed when the bomb exploded near a registration center for Afghan Army recruits, officials said.
The attack occurred near an International Security Assistance Force military convoy on a busy road, ISAF said.
Along with the international service members, at least 12 civilians were killed and 48 others were injured, local medical officials said.
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