Briton killed in Kabul truck bomb attack named Mohammad Ayoub Salangi, Kabul police chief, said the attack began at about 4:30 am with a suicide bomb delivered by truck. It was then followed by small arms fire. Local forces secured the area within 40 minutes, killing all four assailants. The target is thought to have been a compound run by a transport and logistics company working with Nato forces. The Taliban has carried out several recent attacks as they try to keep pressure on Washington and Kabul amid stalled efforts to start peace talks in Qatar. Last week, Taliban gunmen - travelling in 4x4s disguised to look like Nato vehicles - penetrated one of the most secure areas of Kabul to launch an attack near the presidential palace. And on Monday, Afghan intelligence officials said a suicide bomber was shot dead in central Kabul before he could reach his target. Analysts believe the Taliban strategy may have backfired, allowing Afghan security forces to demonstrate their ability to prevent major attacks and widespread civilian casualties. However, the attacks are responsible for a growing toll on local forces. This week the interior ministry announced that insurgents had killed nearly 300 Afghan local and national police in one month, illustrating how casualties among local forces are mounting now that Nato-led coalition troops have handed over responsibility for combat operations. The past month has seen frantic diplomatic efforts to get peace talks moving. On June 18, the Taliban opened an office in Qatar which was supposed to herald a new phase in the 12-year Afghan war, but the opening - complete with flag and all the trappings of an embassy - enraged President Hamid Karzai