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| An Afghan policeman guards at the blast site in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Nov. 14,
2005. (Xinhua photo) | KABUL, Nov. 14
(Xinhuanet) -- Two suicide attacks happened Monday afternoon killed two,
including a NATO peacekeeper, and injured 11in Afghan capital Kabul, and the
third attack was foiled by the police, Afghan officials said.
"A suicide attacker rammed his Corolla car to an ISAF
(International Security Assistance Force) car at about 3 p.m. in Jalalabad Road.
One ISAF soldier and the attacker were killed. Seven persons including two ISAF
soldiers, two Afghan policemen and three civilians were injured," Interior
Ministry spokesman Yusuf Stanikzai told Xinhua.
The two injured Afghan policemen, he added, were
stationed at the UN office nearby.
Meantime, ISAF spokesperson Annie Jackson confirmed
the death of one soldier and the injury of other two of the multinational
troops, but declined to identify their nationality.
On the other hand, local police at the site of the
explosion identified the victims as German nationals.
Only one hour after the first explosion, the second
suicide attack happened in the same area that injured four persons.
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(Xinhua
photo) | "A Corolla car intentionally
hit a Land Rover driven by Greek soldiers near British troops' compound in
Pul-e-Charkhi area on Jalalabad road, and resulted in the burning of both
vehicles. Fourpersons including a Greek soldier, an Afghan soldier and two
children were injured," a police officer from Rapid Reaction Force told Xinhua
but refused to be named.
Another Corolla car, he said, was going to ram into
another foreigner's car. But it had been stopped by police shooting. The driver
managed to escape.
Following the incidents, the police have closed off
the area with police band and stationed in sensitive areas to check any possible
attacks in the capital.
Both the Germans and Greeks were part of some
11,000-strong NATO-led ISAF forces stationed in Afghanistan after the collapse
of Taliban in late 2001 for the cleanup operation of Taliban remains.
No one has claimed responsibility but the Taliban
militants whovowed to overthrow the government and evict US-dominated foreign
troops from the post-war nation have intensified their attacks since the
beginning of this year during which over 1,500 people have been killed. Enditem
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