Blast hits NATO troops in Afghanistan

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Wed, Apr 11, 2007 6:45AM

A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of NATO troops in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar, wounding eight civilians but causing no military casualties, witnesses said.

The incident occurred as the convoy was passing through the western outskirts of Kandahar city, in the heartland of the resurgent Taliban.

Both NATO and the US-led military force have troops there.

Canada provides the bulk of NATO troops in Kandahar. Six of its soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb there at the weekend, the deadliest attack on Western troops this year in Afghanistan.

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§Suicide bombing injures 8 civilians in S. Afghanistan

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Wed, Apr 11, 2007 6:46AM

A suicide bombing targeting a NATO convoy wounded eight Afghan civilians in Afghanistan's southern province of Kandahar Wednesday afternoon.

The blast occurred in the west of Kandahar city, the provincial capital, according to a Xinhua reporter at the site.

One NATO vehicle was damaged in the explosion, but no NATO soldiers were injured or killed.

No one has claimed responsibility, but Taliban militants have frequently carried out similar attacks.

Taliban commanders claimed 2,000 suicide bombers would launch a bloody spring offensive against foreign troops and other targets in this country.

As it gets warmer and snow melts, Afghanistan has witnessed much more Taliban-linked insurgency.

Due to rising Taliban-linked insurgency, over 700 persons have been killed in Afghanistan this year.

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