Suicide bomber hits U.N. Afghan convoy

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Source: Yahoo/Reuters

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber rammed a car into a United Nations convoy on Sunday as it drove through a market in southern Afghanistan, killing a driver and two local doctors, U.N. officials and police said.
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Police said another 16 people were wounded in the attack, part of rising violence this year by the al Qaeda-backed Taliban in Afghanistan. The bombing occurred on a road in the town of Spin Boldak, on the border with Pakistan.

The doctors were working for the U.N.'s World Health Organisation on a polio vaccination campaign in the region.

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Nearly 3,000 people have died violently in Afghanistan this year, the bloodiest period since the Taliban's overthrow.

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[Nambe]

1. What a shame. WHO doctors helping humanity.

War with Pakistan is a whole new ballgame.