Germany's Steinbrueck says 11 German soldiers killed in Afghan attack

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Source: AFX UK

POTSDAM, Germany (Thomson Financial) - Eleven German soldiers have been killed in a suicide blast in Afghanistan, a leading German Cabinet minister said today.

At the G8 meeting of finance ministers here, Germany's Peer Steinbrueck said eleven soldiers had died in the northern town of Kunduz.

Earlier, military forces in Afghanistan reported that they had killed scores of Taliban fighters in separate operations overnight, with the bodies of nearly 70 left on one battlefield.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed said his organisation was responsible for the blast that killed the German soldiers.

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