NEW : Death toll in suicide car bombing rises to 16 ; ten injured . The soldiers were traveling on Airport Road in Kabul when they were targeted by a suicide car bomber , the defense minister said . 16 Italian soldiers , 16 Italian civilians killed by car bomb , authorities say . Suicide car bomber targeted soldiers , defense minister says . Blast occurred in residential area near NATO .
NEW : Death toll in suicide car bombing rises to 16 ; ten injured . 16 Italian soldiers , 16 Italian civilians killed by car bomb , authorities say . Suicide car bomber targeted soldiers , defense minister says . Blast occurred in residential area near NATO .