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| An Afghan army soldier stands guard at suicide attack site in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Feb. 13, 2010. Three U.S. soldiers died in an improvised bomb attack in southern Afghanistan, NATO said, as thousands of American troops led an assault on an insurgent stronghold in the region. (Xinhua/Stringer) |
KABUL, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- A suicide bomber attacked a convoy of NATO-led troops in Kandahar province, south of Afghanistan, killing two persons including a soldier and a civilian and wounding seven others on Saturday, a local Afghan army officer Captain Abdul Rahman said.
"A man riding a motorbike blew up himself next to a joint patrol of Afghan and international soldiers this morning as a result two persons including one soldier and one passerby were killed," Rahman told journalists at the site of the blast.
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| U.S. soldiers block the road to suicide attack site in Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan, Feb. 13, 2010. Three U.S. soldiers died in an improvised bomb attack in southern Afghanistan, NATO said, as thousands of American troops led an assault on an insurgent stronghold in the region. (Xinhua/Stringer) |
He said that seven more persons including three foreign soldiers and four civilians were injured.
All the killed and injured soldiers are Americans, Rahman said.
Meantime, the NATO-led troops have yet to make comment.
The suicide attack took place just hours after Afghan and U.S.- led forces launched a major offensive operation against Taliban militants in the neighboring Helmand province.
