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Two civilians killed in car bomb in Afghanistan
A suicide car bomb attack on a convoy of Nato-led forces in southeastern Afghanistan on Saturday killed two Afghan civilians, an official said.
- Agencies
- Published: 12:44 March 15, 2008
Khost: A suicide car bomb attack on a convoy of Nato-led forces in southeastern Afghanistan on Saturday killed two Afghan civilians, an official said.
One Nato soldier was wounded in the attack which happened on a road outside the town of Khost, close to the border with Pakistan. US troops form the bulk of foreign forces in eastern Afghanistan.
Dawlat Qayoumi, district chief of Mandozai, where the attack took place, said, "One child and one elderly man have been killed and three more civilians were wounded."
Violence has surged in the past two years in Afghanistan, the bloodiest period since US-led and Afghan forces overthrew the Taliban government in 2001 after it refused to hand over Al Qaida leaders behind the September 11 attacks on the United States.
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