Suicide Bomber Strikes in Afghanistan

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Source: Associated Press

Suicide bomber strikes in Afghanistan
By RAHIM FAIEZ, Associated Press Writer


KABUL, Afghanistan - A suicide car bomber attacked a convoy carrying foreigners near the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, a police officer said. Two foreigners and four Afghans were wounded, an Interior Ministry spokesman said.

The attack occurred on the main road out of Kabul leading to the city of Jalalabad and left one vehicle in flames, said Ali Shah Paktaiwal, chief of criminal investigations in the city. "The attacker detonated himself near a convoy carrying foreigners," he said, adding it was not clear whether it was a military or civilian convoy.

Interior Ministry spokesman Zemerai Bashary said two foreigners and four Afghans were injured in the attack. He said he did not know the extent of their injuries, nor the nationality of the foreigners.

Insurgent violence in Afghanistan is running at its highest level since U.S. forces invaded the country in 2001 to oust the hard-line Islamic Taliban rulers, who had harbored al-Qaida leaders following the Sept. 11 attacks.

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