"Multiple" NATO casualties in Afghan suicide blast

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomb blast inflicted "multiple casualties" on a NATO patrol in southern Afghanistan on Monday, the alliance said.

The blast was caused by a suicide attacker in the Panjwai district of Kandahar province, said NATO spokesman, Major Quentin Innis. He gave no more details.

NATO had earlier said the district had been cleared of Taliban militants in a two-week offensive that has just ended.

Residents of the area, about 25 km (15 miles) west of Kandahar city, said the patrol was delivering aid when the attacker struck.

The blast also caused civilian casualties, NATO said.

more;http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060918/wl_nm/afghan_violence_dc

Canadian troops targeted in Afghanistan
September 18, 2006 1:14 AM

The Associated Press

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan A suicide bomber has targeted Canadian troops handing out candy to children in Afghanistan.

A NATO spokesman confirms a number of casualties in Kandahar province. Dozens of people are said to have been wounded in the attack.

It happened in a region where NATO just ended a two-week operation against the Taliban.


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Bomber targets troops in Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber attacked Canadian troops who were distributing candy to children Monday in southern Afghanistan, an Afghan official said. NATO confirmed "multiple casualties" among alliance troops.

An Afghan police official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was unauthorized to address the media, said the suicide attacker on a bicycle killed and seriously wounded dozens of people.

NATO spokesman Flight Lt. Euan Downie confirmed an explosion had inflicted an unspecified number of troop casualties in Kandahar. NATO later issued a statement saying "multiple" casualties had been inflicted and that the victims were rushed to a military hospital.

The attack happened in the Kandahar province district of Panjwayi, the scene of a two-week anti-Taliban operation conducted by NATO that ended Sunday.

more;http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060918/ap_on_re_as/afghan_nato_attacked_3

[maddezmom]

1. Bomber targets crowd of children

A SUICIDE bomber has blown himself up in a crowd of children in southern Afghanistan, causing multiple casualties, as NATO troops handed them gift items, officials said.

"A suicide attacker detonated explosives strapped to his body in a crowd of children where the troops were distributing pens and notebooks to kids," a district police official said on condition of anonymity.

He said 24 children were wounded, four of them in a critical condition, while officials said NATO peacekeepers were also injured.

NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) confirmed a bomb had exploded near a patrol in the city of Kandahar, causing "multiple casualties".

more:http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20433951-23109,00.html

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2. Canadian troops targeted by bomber: NATO says four of its soldiers killed

A bomber attacked Canadian troops who were distributing gifts to children Monday in southern Afghanistan, an Afghan official said. A NATO spokesman said four of its soldiers were killed, but declined to provide their nationalities.

The attack happened in the Kandahar province district of Panjwaii, the scene of a two-week anti-Taliban operation conducted by NATO that ended Sunday.

An Afghan official said the bomber targeted Canadian troops handing out candy and other gifts to children. Reports said the explosive device was attached to a bicycle.

Maj. Luke Knittig, a NATO spokesman, said the blast killed four soldiers and “wounded a number of others, including civilians.” Knittig declined to release the identities of the slain soldiers.

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[Iceburg]

3. 4 Canadians killed (ref intheuknews.co.uk)

http://www.inthenews.co.uk/news/news/defence/four-dead-after-taliban-suicide-attack-$450659.htm

Four Canadian Nato troops have been killed after a suicide attack on a patrol near Kandahar, Afghanistan, officials have confirmed.

Ten other Nato soldiers and 25 civilians were injured in the attack, which occurred at about 09:30 local time (06:00 BST).

Media reports suggest that the attack happened after a suicide bomber targeted soldiers who were giving gifts out to young children.

The identities of the four dead soldiers are yet to be confirmed by Nato.

"The Isaf soldiers were evacuated to military medical facilities for treatment," a statement added.

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4. Four NATO troops killed by suicide blast in crowd of Afghan children

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Four NATO troops killed by suicide blast in crowd of Afghan children

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - A suicide bomber on a bicycle has blown himself up in a crowd of children clamouring for pens and books from Canadian troops in Afghanistan, killing four
NATO soldiers and a number of civilians, police and NATO said.


Police said Monday around two dozen children were also hurt in the blast that struck a Canadian patrol in volatile Kandahar province, a day after NATO said it had successfully completed a major anti-Taliban operation nearby.

The extremist Taliban movement said it carried out the suicide attack.

"What I can confirm is four ISAF soldiers were killed," Major Quentin Innis, a spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), told AFP. Others were wounded but he could not yet say how many.

"There were a number of Afghan civilians that were also killed," Innis said without giving a figure.

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5. Four Canadians dead in Afghan suicide

KANDAHAR — A suicide bomber on a bicycle attacked Canadian troops handing out candy to children in southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing four and wounding many others, NATO officials said. The Taliban said it was behind the blast.

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[Spazito]

6. So I see NATO has taken to using the same rhetoric as the bush cabal

They claimed success in this very area yet soldiers and civilians are still dying. I am SO sick of the lies.