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Suicide blast kills Nato troops
27/11/2006 09:06 - (SA)
Kandahar - A suicide bomber killed two Nato soldiers in an attack on an alliance convoy in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar on Monday, a Nato spokesperson said.
Nato could not give the nationalities, but Canadians form the bulk of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Kandahar.
"Two ISAF soldiers were killed by suicide attack this
morning. We don't have any nationalities," the spokesperson,
squadron leader Jason Chalk, said.
Civilians in the areas said Nato forces sealed off the site
of the attack, which happened on a road where several
government buildings are located. They said the bomber ploughed
into the convoy in a car.
Flames and smoke rose from one of the vehicles and a Nato
helicopter hovered overhead, the witnesses said.
Afghanistan is going through its bloodiest period since
US-led coalition forces overthrew the Taliban's radical
Islamic government in 2001.
The violence has seriously hampered development and
reconstruction, raised fears the Taliban are gaining support in
the countryside, and reinforced perceptions President Hamid
Karzai has little control outside Kabul.
Nato took over responsibility for security in Afghanistan
from the United States this year and the 32 000 troops in the
ISAF force are fighting the toughest ground war in the
alliance's 57-year history.
- Reuters
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