JOHANNESBURG, Sept.18 (Xinhua) -- Eight South Africans were killed in the Afghanistan suicide attack on Tuesday morning, South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation said.
"Our mission in Pakistan which is accredited in Afghanistan has confirmed eight nationals were among the dead in the Kubul suicide attack," the department spokesperson Nelson Kgwete said.
The eight victims were working for a private aviation company in that country as the explosion occurred, the spokesperson said.
Department of International Relations and Cooperation expressed its condolences to the families who lost their loved ones in the attack.
"We would give those families the assistance," said the spokesperson.
At around 6:45 a.m. local time, a Afghanistan suicide bomber rammed a explosive-laden vehicle into a minibus with foreigners aboard in the capital of Kabul, killing at least twelve people.
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