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Convoy of Italian soldiers targeted by suicide car bomb

Italian soldiers arrive at the scene of suicide bombing that struck an Italian military convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing six soldiers and 10 civilians and wounding at least 52 people. It was at least the fourth blast in the Kabul area since the Aug. 20 presidential election.

Italian soldiers arrive at the scene of suicide bombing that struck an Italian military convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing six soldiers and 10 civilians and wounding at least 52 people. It was at least the fourth blast in the Kabul area since the Aug. 20 presidential election.  (Paula Bronstein / Getty Images)

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Victim

Soldiers inspect the bodies of their comrades killed in the bombing.  (Paula Bronstein / Getty Images)

Injured in blast

An Afghan woman injured in the attack cries for help.  (Ahmad Massoud / Associated Press)

Reaction from Italy

At the the Roberto Bandini army barracks in Siena, Italy, a soldier with the 186th Folgore Regiment reacts after hearing of the deadly attack on the Italian convoy in Afghanistan.  (Paolo Lazzeroni / Associated Press)

Investigation

Italian soldiers stand near the body of a comrade killed in the blast.  (Paula Bronstein / Getty Images)

Shops damaged

Afghans peer out from their shattered storefronts after a suicide bomber struck an Italian military convoy in Kabul.  (Paula Bronstein / Getty Images)

Aftermath

Italian soldiers at the scene of a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan.  (Paula Bronstein / Getty Images)

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