Six die in Kabul bus bombing

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CNN) -- As many as six people were killed Saturday -- including three German peacekeepers -- in an apparent suicide attack on a bus near Kabul, Afghanistan.

A news release from U.S. Central Command said 36 people -- including eight members of the International Security Assistance Force -- were injured in the blast, which was set off when the suicide bomber's vehicle approached the bus and detonated.

The bus was traveling near the Afghan National Army training facility in Kabul around 8:30 a.m. local time (midnight ET), when the explosion knocked the bus off the side of the road.

Soon after the explosion, dozens of German peacekeepers formed a cordon around the street, not allowing any vehicles past. Witnesses described a chaotic scene, with bits of metal strewn around.