8 NATO troopers killed in 1 day in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan - NATO forces say a member of the international service was killed in an insurgent attack in Afghanistan, making it the eighth person killed in a day.

NATO had previously reported three other service members have died in the fight against on Saturday. And the coalition said four others were killed in a vehicle accident.

NATO did not provide details about the incident or the nationality of the dead, according to a policy of waiting for national authorities to the information released.

The latest death brings the total to 38 service members killed in NATO this month, and 244 for the year.

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - President Hamid Karzai acknowledged that U.S. and Afghan government held talks with envoys of the Taliban in order to end the war nearly 10 years of the nation, as well as suicide bombers has launched an audacious attack in the heart of the country's capital, killing nine people.

The Saturday attack, which occurred just blocks from Karzai's office shows that the parties have a long way to go to reach a political settlement that the Obama administration weighs a major withdrawal of its forces. White House either directly confirm or deny statement of Mr. Karzai.

Three men wearing camouflage uniforms are often worn by Afghan troops stormed a police station near the presidential palace, one of them with a vest of explosives just outside the gates that two others rushed in and started shooting, a statement from the Interior Ministry.

The crackle of gunfire echoed through the busy streets generally for about two hours before security forces killed the two remaining attackers. Insurgents killed three policemen, an intelligence officer and five civilians in the attack, the statement said the ministry.

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the attack in a text message to The Associated Press.

Attacks in the Afghan capital has been relatively rare, although violence has increased since May 2 killing of Osama bin Laden in a U.S. raid in Pakistan and the beginning of the Taliban offensive in the spring annual.

The last major attack in Kabul took place last month when a suicide bomber wearing a police uniform infiltrated the main Afghan military hospital in Afghanistan, killing six medical students. A month before, a suicide bomber in army uniform sneak past security to the Afghan Ministry of Defense, killing three people.