Afghan suicide bomb

Afghanistan police and officials investigate the site of a suicide attack in Kabul. A suicide bomber blew himself up alongside a minivan carrying foreigners on a major highway leading to the international airport in the Afghan capital. (Massoud Hossaini, AFP)

8 South Africans are among the foreigners killed in a suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday. (Ahmad Jamshid, AP)

The dead foreigners are reported to have been Russian and South African pilots working for an international courier company. (Massoud Hossaini, AFP)

French soldiers arrive at the scene of the suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan. A suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a mini-bus carrying foreign aviation workers. (Ahmad Jamshid, AP)

A soldier investigates the scene. (Ahmad Jamshid, AP)

French soldiers arrive at the scene of a suicide bombing. An insurgent group claimed responsibility for the attack as retaliation for film mocking the Prophet Mohammed. (Ahmad Jamshid, AP)

Bodies lie on the ground outside a petrol station at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul. (Massoud Hossaini, AFP)

A man looks at a victim lying on the ground outside a petrol station at the site of a suicide attack in Kabul. (Massoud Hossaini, AFP)

Officials inspect the site of a suicide attack. (Massoud Hossaini, AFP)

An Afghanistan policeman walks near two victims lying on the ground at the site of a suicide attack as an investigator takes pictures in Kabul. (Massoud Hossaini, AFP)

(Massoud Hossaini, AFP)